Intel to quit motherboard market

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

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...

Intel 810

fond memories.

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.

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

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

Intel mobo Gold member

LOL

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

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

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

harshilsharma63 said:
^ 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.

harshilsharma63 said:
^ 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 ....

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

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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".

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

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I think AMD will shine here.

^ Why?

harshilsharma63 said:
^ Why?

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

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

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

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.

MetalheadGautham said:
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.

They never had good amount of share in motherboard market. Its a good decision by them.

Intel Core i5, i7 Haswell Processors to be Released in June

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Good to know! Only the Extreme series board from Intel are good.

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harshilsharma63 said:
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.

Sorry but yes that was the original news from Intel where they said they will ship SOP boards only but this news contradicts the previous announcement as rather SOP, intel will only make processor ?????

AMD fanboys might think like this 'Why cant Intel quit CPU market too'.

Well then I'd love to join them to take some of their thing.

101gamzer said:
AMD fanboys might thing like this 'Why cant Intel quit CPU market too'.

sad to hear that... using intel products from past 12 years.. no probs till now , my last intel mobo would be DP67BG!...

101gamzer said:
AMD fanboys might thing like this 'Why cant Intel quit CPU market too'.

Ha!Ha!
Well,keeping jokes aside...it's due to Intel that AMD has kept its prices low.
Intel is always ahead in terms of Technology by all terms(except GRAPHICS division which is slowly but surely improving.Despite an AMD fanboy I express the truth.)
It also does not mean that AMD CPU's are crapware...when it comes for NORMAL usage for most of the population of users.Even Gaming is well performed by AMD processor + GPU system.
The shoddy business dealings(against AMD,VIA) ,premium price on products and tending to reign monopolistic and supreme on this Tech world like Apple has made a feelings of repulsion against the Giant of Tech.
A CHOICE MUST EXIST .

ithehappy said:
Well then I'd love to join them to take some of their thing.

Typo happens to everyone :-D

what about after sale service of current motherboards?

rijinpk1 said:
what about after sale service of current motherboards?

well, they aren't going to just lock down the facility and say 'take care of your stuff your self', the'll be gradually decreasing production and that'll take about 2 to 3 years. They ARE still going to release motherboards for their upcoming Haswell cpu's so product support is no issue.

Why??? Intel motherboards were very reliable in the cheap motherboard section. I still using 865g and my neighbour dg35ec. Both are working like a charm.

Because its not as profitable as it used to be.

101gamzer said:
AMD fanboys might think like this 'Why cant Intel quit CPU market too'.

I was just thinking that

Why Not????