Heads up DIYers, supply of Intel circuit boards may dry up
Intel desktop circuit boards may begin to get scarce.
The chipmaker cut back on motherboard orders by 80 percent to only 100,000 units, claims an Asia-based Digitimes report, citing sources in the "supply chain."
A person familiar with Intel's motherboard business contacted by CNET could not confirm whether the 80 percent figure was accurate but said the general thrust of the report was correct, as Intel announced in January that it was winding down the desktop motherboard business.
"We disclosed internally...that Intel's desktop motherboard business will begin slowly ramping down over the course … Read more