Abit exits mainboard market

cozumel · Aug 29, 2008, 12:50 AM

According to the article I just read, this is indeed happening. A bit of shame imo. Abit have made some damn fine boards over the years.

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Taiwanese technology company abit, which is associated primarily with high-end and gaming mainboards, will stop producing all mainboards at the end of 2008. Apparently abit will continue to deliver mainboards until the end of the year and will honour RMAs and warranties for three years subsequently.

Rumours of abit's demise from mainboards were circulating widely last May, prompting an emphatic denial from abit. Our sources tell us that abit still intended to continue with mainboards at the time and that this decision was only made in the last couple of weeks.

This will mark a wholesale shift towards specialising in consumer electronics devices, such as the Funfab photo-frame-stroke-printer, which we spotted at this years Computex. We understand that a MID (mobile internet device) is also planned for early next year as well as other photo related gadgetry. Taiwanese manufacturer Uiversal Scientific International (USI) acquired abit in May of 2006 and it's now officially called Universal abit. There have been reports of defections and departures from the abit mainboard division ever since then, so there is a certain feeling of inevitability about this news. In what may be a related development, Universal abit also announced today that it is moving its Taiwan HQ to a location near to the Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei, which hosted many of the leading vendors at the Computex show this year.

It looks like the margins have become too tight for all but the largest mainboard makers to survive, with massive companies like Foxconn able to exploit extreme economies of scale. If competitive pressures have become too great for abit to stay in the mainboard market, you have to wonder what the future holds for other second tier mainboard makers, of which there are still quite a few. This may not be the last casualty in this market before the end of the year.

**kris23** · Aug 29, 2008, 01:14 AM

waaaaa.......

why???

Callandor · Aug 29, 2008, 04:51 AM

Source???

CDsDontBurn · Aug 29, 2008, 06:00 AM

no source, no truth!

mos2k · Aug 29, 2008, 06:54 AM

i agree with CD's no source.. most probably a rumour.

BlueMak · Aug 29, 2008, 07:11 AM

Reads like an Inquirer article.

cozumel · Aug 29, 2008, 10:44 AM

Would you like sauce on that sir?

Judas · Aug 29, 2008, 03:51 PM

since the abit NF7-S motherboard fiasco... and since my Abit AT7-MAX2 motherboards........ abit hasn't produced one mother board that has been comparible in reliability/stability/performance/OCing potential worth celebrating over.

The designs.. features of the boards are superb usually... but they've ALL oventually failed horribly.

**temeteus82** · Aug 29, 2008, 04:01 PM

Hmm... Time to start looking new mobo... I currently have Abit IP35

CDsDontBurn · Aug 29, 2008, 04:20 PM

i'm still running my ABIT IC7-G board from way back when. still running like a champ

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was able to do a 950Mhz OC on my 3.2ghz prescott on air with this board back in the day

cozumel · Aug 29, 2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

since the abit NF7-S motherboard fiasco... and since my Abit AT7-MAX2 motherboards........ abit hasn't produced one mother board that has been comparible in reliability/stability/performance/OCing potential worth celebrating over.

The designs.. features of the boards are superb usually... but they've ALL oventually failed horribly.

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Originally Posted by temeteus82

Hmm... Time to start looking new mobo... I currently have Abit IP35

I think the IP35 is a celebrated board. Everything that has been written about that board was absolutely glowing in praise.

**temeteus82** · Aug 29, 2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cozumel

I think the IP35 is a celebrated board. Everything that has been written about that board was absolutely glowing in praise.

I got my eyes on Asus P5Q Pro .... 120€ in here...

Callandor · Aug 29, 2008, 06:22 PM

Well that's a shame if it happens, I was big fan of Abit motherboards but prefer Asus as my favourite and Gigabyte a close second. Abit motherboards, like Acclaim, will still always hold a special place in my heart if they go out of it.

Syndicate2083 · Aug 29, 2008, 06:58 PM

I always liked ABit stuff, along with my old favorite Epox before they started to implode and vanish..

Ahh well...

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