Motherboard prices to hike by 10% at end of 1Q12

Feb 3, 01:05

Motherboard vendors including Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, in response to increases in the international price of copper and labor costs in China, are expected to hike...

Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012

Jan 29, 16:19

The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.

Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to offer Thunderbolt ultrabook PCs in 2Q12

Jan 20, 11:27

Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo are expected to offer ultrabooks based on Intel's Ivy Bridge platform which supports Thunderbolt in the second quarter of 2012, while Gigabyte Technology...

China market: Some China-based motherboard vendors to withdraw due to hiked labor costs

Jan 13, 15:26

Under pressure of continued hikes in labor costs in China, at least half of the China-based motherboard vendors are expected to withdraw from the market in 2012, leaving an estimated...

China market: Asustek, Gigabyte together may share 60% of motherboard sales in 2012

Dec 30, 01:00

Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology aim to ship 10.0 million and 8.0 million motherboards, respectively, in the China market, together accounting for 60%...

Gigabyte fixing problems associated with defective BIOS design in X79 motherboards

Dec 28, 15:52

Gigabyte Technology, in response to questions concerning a defective BIOS design in its X79-series motherboards, has offered remedies including recall of certain versions of X79 motherboards,...

Gigabyte, MSI have not yet planned ultrabooks

Dec 1, 01:40

Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have not yet made plans for ultrabook product lines as both players are still seeing losses in their notebook businesses, according...

Taiwan motherboard makers expected to suffer 10-15% sequential decrease in 4Q11 shipments due to HDD shortage

Nov 9, 01:15

Motherboard makers have been impacted by HDD shortages arising from flooding in Thailand since mid-October, and are expected to see their fourth-quarter shipments decrease 10-15%...

Asustek, Gigabyte to miss motherboard shipment targets for 2011

Oct 27, 01:05

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only...

Motherboard brands struggling to survive in the notebook market

Oct 6, 15:31

While Asustek Computer is aggressively pushing its ultrabooks in the notebook market, its fellow motherboard competitors are mostly still struggling in the notebook industry, according...

Asustek, Gigabyte compete over motherboard warranty in China

Aug 30, 01:10

First-tier motherboard brand vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, after starting fierce price competition to gain market share in China, are already turning their competition...

Gigabyte sees July shipments increase

Aug 10, 16:00

Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.55-1.65 million motherboards and 250,000-320,000 graphics cards in July, each rising by 10-20% on month. The company's July revenues of NT$3.762 billion...

Asustek sees strong revenue growth in July

Aug 9, 01:00

Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$1.1 billion) for July, up 13% on month and 38% on year, representing...

Desktop PC market is expected to achieve 8% shipment growth in 2011

Jul 13, 14:49

The desktop PC market, benefiting from the rise of tablet PCs, is expected to achieve a growth of 8% on year in terms of shipments in 2011 with motherboard players including Gigabyte...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Taiwan market: Gigabyte to sell Z68 motherboard/20GB SSD bundle in July to boost demand

Jun 27, 16:38

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will start selling its Intel Z68-based Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard bundled with Intel's 20GB 331 series solid state drive (SSD) in...

Gigabyte re-arranges executive positions to fix motherboard shipments decline in 1H11

Jun 23, 17:04

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently...

Motherboard players see mixed result in April

May 10, 01:25

Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...

AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11

Apr 26, 01:15

AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40%...

China market: 8.7-9 million motherboards shipped in 1Q11

Apr 18, 11:24

There were 8.7-9 motherboards shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2011, 6.1-6.3 million units of which were shipped by six Taiwan-based vendors, Asustek Computer...

Asustek expected to see monthly shipments of 2.5-3 million motherboards in 2Q11

Apr 7, 02:00

Asustek Computer is expected to see its monthly motherboard shipments reach 2.5-3 million units in the second quarter of 2011 as demand from the first quarter was delayed to the second...

Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May

Mar 31, 01:15

Motherboard prices, affected by upstream component shortages caused by the Japan earthquake, are set to rise for the second time this year after mid-April, according to sources from...

Nvidia launches new 3D Vision glasses and entry-level GPU

Mar 17, 01:25

Nvidia recently launched a new 3D Vision bundle priced US$149, lower than US$199 of the previous 3D Vision bundle, to boost demand for 3D applications, according to the company.

Motherboard players see revenue drop in February

Mar 10, 01:10

Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...

Asustek and Gigabyte shipping new Sandy Bridge products

Mar 9, 17:03

Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge...

Makers raise motherboard prices, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 4, 17:06

Taiwan-based motherboard makers including Micro-Star International (MSI), Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have all raised their motherboard prices to reflect the rising cost...

Intel pushes standardization for all-in-one PCs

Mar 3, 14:36

Intel is cooperating with Taiwan-based all-in-one PC makers including Mitac International, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to push standardization...

Asustek, Gigabyte announce on-year revenue drops in January

Feb 10, 01:35

Taiwan-based motherboard players Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have announced their results for January 2011.

ASRock becomes the third-largest brand in motherboard industry in 2010

Jan 27, 01:15

Taiwan-based motherboard brand ASRock shipped eight million branded motherboards in 2010 and became the third-largest motherboard brand, surpassing Micro-Star International (MSI)...

Gigabyte aims to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% in 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 20, 16:21

Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology is targeting to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% on year in 2011 and is set to launch 4-5 new notebooks in February, according to a Chinese-language...

Gigabyte to announce G1-Killer series motherboards for gamers at CES 2011

Dec 31, 15:26

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will announce its new G1-Killer series motherboards at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 targeting the enthusiast gamer market...

Asustek, MSI, Gigabyte, Pegatron see October revenues down sequentially

Nov 10, 01:50

Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Pegatron Technology on November 9 reported revenues for October 2010, all slipping on month by 2-9.9%.

Sandy Bridge to account for 20% of Intel desktop CPU shipments in 1Q11

Nov 8, 16:19

As Intel set to launch its latest Sandy Bridge processor at CES 2011 in January 2011, and will account for 20% of Intel's total desktop CPU shipments in the first quarter of 2011,...