美国国家仪器有限公司（National Instruments，NI）
美国国家仪器公司（NI）成立于1976年，30年来NI一直是虚拟仪器技术的技术先锋与领导者——虚拟仪器技术这一创新概念已经改变了各个领域的工程师和科学家们进行测试测量和自动化的方式。通过采用PC和现成即用商业技术，虚拟仪器技术通过易于集成的软件，如图形化开发环境NI LabVIEW，以及基于PXI、PCI、PCI Express、PXI Express、USB和以太网的模块化测量和控制硬件，为用户降低测试、控制和设计领域应用的成本，并大幅提高生产效率。NI总部设于美国德克萨斯州的奥斯汀，在40个国家中设有分支机构，共拥有4000多名员工。在过去连续七年里，《财富》杂志评选NI为全美最适合工作的100家公司之一。

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Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI is a rapidly growing public corporation with more than 3,000 employees and direct operations in 40 countries. In 2006, the company sold products to more than 25,000 different companies in more than 80 countries around the world. For the past seven consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.