Intel to quit motherboard market

[harshilsharma63]

Intel will stop the production of motherboards after its upcoming 'Haswell' CPU.

In what will only be interpreted as more evidence of the dawn of the “Post PC era,” Intel announced today that it will quit the consumer motherboard business after 20 years and end all production and development of mainboards after its next CPU is introduced.

Intel says that it's motherboard division wasn't a huge money-maker for the company but also said they will continue to manufacturer desktop CPU's and reference motherboard (known as Customer Reference Board or simply CRB) for the OEM's and issue guidelines about the design.

While Intel's motherboard were not a star product anywhere, they were definitively a good choice for budget systems. Intel's skulltrail boards were often criticized as being "ahead of time" but were a good performance product.

But at the end of the day it doesn't make a huge different as Asus and Gigabyte combined contribute 70% of global motherboard market.

SOURCE Intel to Quit Making Motherboards | Maximum PC

 

[kg11sgbg]

What will happen to Intel chipset based mobos?Will those be manufactured by ASUS,GIGABYTE,MSI,BIOSTAR,AsROCK,etc???
Wondering about AMD's chipset (IGP oriented-Budget based mobo)future...

 

[axes2t2]

Intel 810

fond memories.

 

[harshilsharma63]

Also, this could lead to socket-less motherboards, like AMD currently manufactures, with processors pre soldered into the motherboard. But whatever happens, PC will always be my favorite for the freedom and customizability it gives.

 

[sujoyp]

I have used 3 intel motherboards...with PIII 550, P4 2.8GHZ and now with i3 ...they were very reliable

 

[harshilsharma63]

I have used 3 intel motherboards...with PIII 550, P4 2.8GHZ and now with i3 ...they were very reliable

Intel mobo Gold member

 

[sujoyp]

LOL my dad wont sponsor the Mobo if its from any other company...no use fighting with him

 

[ithehappy]

WTF? They gone crazy or what? It's the only motherboard brand which never gave me a problem!
Looks like only EVGA is left for me now

 

[harshilsharma63]

^ Really, Intel motherboards never gave any problem (AFAIK), Asus' cheaper motherboards are not too good, it way only Intel who manufactured good, cheap motherboards.

 

[NoasArcAngel]

^ Really, Intel motherboards never gave any problem (AFAIK), Asus' cheaper motherboards are not too good, it way only Intel who manufactured good, cheap motherboards.

well if you must know huge number of intel motherboards were/are made by foxconn and not intel itself.

^ Really, Intel motherboards never gave any problem (AFAIK), Asus' cheaper motherboards are not too good, it way only Intel who manufactured good, cheap motherboards.

thats because intel motherboards made by foxconn use high quality capacitors .. maybe not molex and full gold cap made in japan you find in gigabyte motherboards but still pretty good quality compared to Asus and all ....

 

[TechnoHolic]

My neighbor has a intel MoBo..which is running 7+ years and still with no problem..

 

[AcceleratorX]

Well, it's not a huge loss as pretty much all the Asian vendors were offering better features for similar cost. Intel motherboards are reliable, but IMO Asus boards are just as reliable. The day ASRock and Biostar started stepping up in terms of quality, Intel's days were numbered - they could no longer compete even on price.

Good news, as now people will actually start looking at other brands instead of going "I want Intel original".

 

[harshilsharma63]

Good news, as now people will actually start looking at other brands instead of going "I want Intel original".

.

 

[Desmond]

I think AMD will shine here.

 

[harshilsharma63]

^ Why?

 

[NoasArcAngel]

^ Why?

even i am curious as to why he said that.. ?

 

[gameranand]

Well their MOBO division wasn't much to talk about anyway so if they shut it down then also NP.

 

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

I missed the label "Intel Original" kept revolving between MSI and Gigabyte

 

[MetalheadGautham]

2005 Intel D915GLVG board with a Pentium 4 506 (2.66GHz single core) still running crawling fine.

IMO Intel boards were reliable mainly because they never let you tweak ANYTHING in the BIOS. The whole thing was locked out and all you could do was set boot preferences and view system information. Maybe they did come with better components, but this was a big contributor to their longevity. No tweaking meant no messing around, tinkering, overclocking and the like.

 

[NoasArcAngel]

2005 Intel D915GLVG board with a Pentium 4 506 (2.66GHz single core) still running crawling fine.

IMO Intel boards were reliable mainly because they never let you tweak ANYTHING in the BIOS. The whole thing was locked out and all you could do was set boot preferences and view system information. Maybe they did come with better components, but this was a big contributor to their longevity. No tweaking meant no messing around, tinkering, overclocking and the like.

yes and they did come with better components.