Taiwan motherboard shipments in the second quarter is estimated to decline by 10%

Taiwan media reports, Taiwan motherboard manufacturers pointed out that the second quarter of this year still will enter the traditional off-season, but the decline rate is not too large, and the first quarter of this year the base was low. Estimated second quarter shipments decline compared to the first quarter, there is an opportunity to control in the top and bottom, different from the previous 10% or five to the average level of 10%.

According to the business times news, after the CeBIT computer show a lot of short, but by the shortage of spare parts, the performance of the manufacturers in March will be quite different. Last week, the market came out, Gigabyte March shipments will grow 30% compared to February, breaking through the 1 million 300 thousand hurdles, beyond the level of the year in January, but ASUS is not able to reach the level reached in January. ASUS first quarter motherboard total shipments will reach 11 million 800 thousand organic, second quarter to maintain fall in 10%, Gigabyte shipped in the second quarter, in the first quarter and the flat to decline 10% forward, the elite also locked about 10% decline. There are some variables in the second quarter of the motherboard shipments, such as the wave of chip stocks out of the tide, to the end of the second quarter can not be resolved, and the lack of water shortage in the shadow of the mainland, may affect the smooth shipment. The chipset motherboard manufacturers including Intel capacity shortage Public opinions are divergent., used in notebook computer products online, or Intel deliberately adjusted, in order to avoid customer orders resulting in excess inventory situation happen again. Motherboard manufacturers believe that the current market expectations of second quarter Intel support dual core chipset 945 and 955 series, can effectively enhance the demand. However, the dual core platform quotes on the market is quite a big obstacle to promote. Is expected to have a clear contribution, need to wait until the second half.