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Nvidia to Buy ULI Electronics
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.'"
Shamefully, you really cant for most machines - although there is hardware out there that contains a majority of Non-Asian sourced parts (e.g. IBM RS/6000 270, with parts made in USA and Europe, with some from Taiwan). It might be a bit more expensive, but the quality points to it being worth the expense to ensure reliability.
I'd wonder what it'd look like from a durability standpoint if the hardware (nvidia's products for example) was made in the US and/or EU. Maybe then those $500 cards would have some actual justification to their cost and profit margins.
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