Taiwan-based chipset makers Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) and VIA Technologies reported different financial results for May, with an Intel chipset shortage helping SiS enjoy on-year growth of 25.7% last month, while VIA reported an on-year slide of 22.5%, sources in the Taiwan motherboard industry commented. Read more
Ever since late 2004, the shadow of an Intel chipset shortage has hovered over the motherboard industry. Read more
Although Intel had admitted to experiencing a notebook chipset shortage, Nanya Technology remains positive about demand growth for DDR2 memory, according to company vice president of global sales and marketing Pei-lin Pai. Read more
DigiTimes reports this morning that motherboard manufacturers are claiming not just low-end but high-end Intel chipsets have been difficult for them to obtain: Intel's chipset shortage has extended from its entry-level PCI Express (PCIe) 915 series to the high-end 945G line, according to motherboard makers. Read more
Core i7--previously referred to as Nehalem--requires new motherboards, coolers and memory. Its performance is compelling and means AMD is falling behind even further, but Intel is putting in some speed bumps that will impact overclocking enthusiasts. Read more
Three dramatically different builds face off in a show of performance, defining the real value of each. Our mainstream system is designed to meet the needs of most users. Who should spend more and who can live with less? Read more
For the second to last day of our System Builder Marathon series, we add a $500 gaming PC to the mix. It's not going to be as quick as our other two builds, but we think Paul was able to get some serious value from this thing. Read more
We're following up yesterday's $4,500 behemoth with a more affordable $1,500 mid-range build. Let's see what sort of performance (and overclocking headroom) you can get when you spend one third of the money. Read more
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