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Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia
Tuesday 21 June 2016
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Posted on Jun 24, 09:51
Mobo makers often operate on single-digit percent margins. For a $50 board, and extra $2-3 in BOM cost could literally eat up any profit for the manufacturer.Posted on Jun 22, 00:18
A $2-5 increase in mobo cost for the latest generation of CPU technology. The sky is falling, the sky is falling, the end is near. Seriously? That is the ONLY way you could write a negative piece?Posted on Jun 21, 23:48
This could explain why the HP Zen board has its chipset in such a weird place - right behind the USB stacks.