The motherboard market is unique as compared to any other single computer component market. For example, unlike the processor (CPU) industry there are several players, not just Intel and AMD. Another prefect example would be the graphics card industry where just NVIDIA and ATi are clearly dominating. However, like everything the motherboard market does have its strong and weak competitors. The first-tier motherboard manufacturers are ASUS, ECS, MSI and Gigabyte. There are also roughly thirty other manufacturers that do produce motherboards, though not all depend on them as a primary product line.