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Nvidia to Buy ULI Electronics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the acquisitions dept.

Steve from Hexus writes "In a move that has taken the technology market by surprise, graphics card and chipset manufacturer Nvidia has announced its intention to buy ULI Electronics, Taiwanese chipset designer and maker: 'NVIDIA openly recognizes that a large proportion of chipset innovation happens in the Far East where ULi is based and that is one of the things that makes ULi an attractive proposition. The move is seen by many as good sense on NVIDIA's part as its own in-house chipset makers are based solely in the USA. ULi, in contrast, has relationships with chipset makers in Taiwan and China, as well as in San Jose.'"

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  1. You nailed it by b00m3rang · · Score: 4, Funny

    It says right there in the article that they plan not to make their products better, ever again. I think it's a bad move for the company.

    Also... what the hell are you talking about?

  2. Buy American by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    oh wait....

  3. Whew... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a moment I thought they were going to a pull 3Dfx by making their own cards and killing their market.

    I had a job interview for a QA position at 3Dfx about six months before it went under. I was shocked that the marketing department was calling the shots instead of the engineers. After that Dilbert experience, I didn't want to work there. Of course, asking the marketing hack why I should be interviewed by him when I was applying for a technical position probably didn't help.

  4. Logic is Hard by ChaosDiscord · · Score: 4, Funny
    "NVIDIA openly recognises that a large proportion of chipset innovation happens in the Far East where ULi is based - and that is one of the things that made ULi an attractive proposition."

    • There is a great deal of chipset innovation in the "Far East".
    • Uli is in the "Far East".
    • Nvidia wants chipset innovation.
    • Therefore... Nvidia buys Uli?

    Someone needs a refresher in logic.

    Come to think of it, a large proportion of desktop operating systems are developed in the United States where ChaosDiscordOS is based - and that is one of the things that made ChaosDiscordOS an attractive proposition. Anyone want to buy full rights to my operating system, ChaosDiscordOS*? I figure $10,000,000 is a reasonable price, since it's so attractive.

    * Warning: Operating system may consist of nothing more than an ugly logo thrown together in the GIMP and a main.c file that contains, "/* TODO: Write operating system */"

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