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• Motherboard makers suffer inventory pile-up and limited growth in profits
  Thursday 13 April 2006 – 04:39
  Following slower growth in profits for Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, sources in the Taiwan motherboard industry believe that the top-four leading motherboard makers - Asustek, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte and Micro-Star International (MSI) - will see inventory pile-up from the beginning of this year, although low-margin OEM orders are set to increase due to price-cutting pressure in the clone market.
• Motherboard makers doubt performance claims of upcoming Intel IGP drivers
  Friday 27 July 2007 – 10:13 in Gaming
  Although Intel will try to deliver better graphics performance by introducing new drivers for its integrated graphics processors (IGPs), motherboard makers in Taiwan generally doubt the advancements that Intel is claiming. Intel plans to introduce new dr
• Motherboard shipments decline in May on weak demand and inventory issues
  Monday 12 June 2006 – 03:45
  Weak demand and inventory issues continued to hit the motherboard sector in May, with top player Asustek Computer seeing revenues fall 10.9% sequentially.
• ECS announces entry-level motherboard with Core 2 Quad support
  Friday 10 August 2007 – 09:55 in Business
  Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has announced the entry-level P4M900T-M motherboard which provides support for Intel’s Core 2 Quad processors.The P4M900T-M supports 1066 MHz FSB CPUs including Intel Core 2 Quad processors such as the Q6700 as well as C
• Gigabyte introduces "quad-core ready" motherboard
  Tuesday 6 June 2006 – 10:10
  While we are still waiting for the arrival of Intel's Core micro architecture and Core 2 Duo processors, some vendors at Computex already have the next processor generation in mind. For example, Gigabyte unveiled its GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard, which, according to the manufacturer, is designed to carry Core 2 Duo processors as well as "Kentsfield," Intel's first quad-core desktop processor.
• Biostar Launches A NForce 750-based Motherboard
  Monday 12 May 2008 – 10:20 in Graphics
  More here at Biostar unveils Intel P965 motherboard
  Thursday 8 June 2006 – 03:49
  Biostar Microtech International on June 7 announced its new T-series LGA-775 motherboard with the Intel P965 Express chipset.
• Abit releases new Fatality motherboard for AMD AM2 processors
  Thursday 25 May 2006 – 08:25
  Abit has released a new motherboard in its popular Fatal1ty gaming line. The AN9 32X motherboard will support AMD's new socket AM2 processors and will have two full speed X16 PCI Express lanes. Four DDR2 memory slots can support up to 8 gigabytes of RAM running at 800 Mhz. There are also two Gigabit Ethernet ports along with two Firewire ports.
• EVGA's New 790i Motherboard Should Delight Overclockers
  Friday 3 October 2008 – 12:50
  EVGA has announced a new motherboard based on Nvidia’s popular nForce 790i SLI chipset. The EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM delivers a bevy of electronic, mechanical, and BIOS features to facilitate aggressive overclocking.
• Universal Abit Reportedly Leaving Motherboard Market
  Friday 29 August 2008 – 10:30
  Reports crop up again that Universal abit Company may be dropping out of the motherboard market for good...
• SiS671-based ECS motherboard to enter mass production
  Friday 27 July 2007 – 10:09 in Business
  Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced that the SiS671-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) 671T-M motherboard has entered mass production. The ECS 671T-M motherboard adopts the SiS671 chipset which supports Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/ Pentium
• DFI To Make Quad CrossFire MicroATX Motherboard
  Thursday 5 June 2008 – 04:50
  Taipei (Taiwan) - DFI is looking to get back to its glory days: In the past, the company made waves with its nForce 4 SLI motherboard, but the enthusiasm for the brand and DFI's products slowed has down.
• Soyo to quit motherboard business, shifts focus to components and materials
  Monday 15 November 2004 – 02:22
  Second-tier motherboard maker Soyo Computer plans to phase out production of its motherboards and instead focus on development and distribution of computer-related upstream components and plastic materials, according to company spokesperson Dave Liu.
• BFG announces Nforce 590 motherboard
  Monday 21 August 2006 – 09:36
  BFG will is gearing up to offer its first SLI motherboard. The company today announced that it will be launching an Nforce 590 SLI-based motherboard in October.
• ECS PF1 Photon motherboard to top 30,000 in shipments, plans to release other Photon boards
  Friday 4 July 2003 – 05:31
  Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), a top-tier motherboard maker, recently stated that shipments for its high-end Photon PF1 motherboard between late May and mid June reached 10,000 units.