Hardware Reference
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As you can see by these figures, it is no wonder that a popular industry news website
called The Register (
www.theregister.com
)
uses the term Chipzilla when referring to the
industry giant.
White-Box Systems
Many of the top-selling system manufacturers do design and make their own mother-
boards, especially for their higher-end systems. According to
Computer Reseller News
magazine, the top desktop systems manufacturers for the last several years have consist-
ently been names such as HP, Dell, and Lenovo (formerly IBM). These companies both
design and manufacture their own motherboards as well as purchase existing boards from
motherboard manufacturers. In rare cases, they even design their own chips and chipset
