Intel: Over 1 Billion Compatible Motherboards Sold
Intel: Over 1 Billion Compatible Motherboards Sold
Posted 06/01/2009 at 12:30pm
| by Paul Lilly
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According to Intel, there are now more than 1 billion Intel processor-based desktop PC motherboards worldwide, a milestone the chip maker says is indicative of a thriving PC business.
"Intel congratulates the Taiwan tech industry on reaching ths historic milestone," said Sean Maloney, Intel executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer. "This milestone is another signal that the desktop PC is not dead and that computer users continue to crave the processing power, graphics, and storage capabilities that desktop PCs provide."
This in addition to the exploding netbook market, which is so far dominated by Intel silicon and presumably not included as part of the "desktop PC" shipment milestone. At last count, worldwide PC shipments had reached 80.6 million units in Q3 of 2008, spurred in large part by netbooks.
Maloney is expected to further discuss the milestone tomorrow during his Computex keynote.
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gatorXXX
June 01, 2009 at 2:24pm
Yeah and? I could careless if they sold 5 or 50 billion intel based motherboards because it means what? That they are doing great? That they are successful? Great, I'm happy for them, but It means nothing to me and to most people. Recently, I hit my 500,000 mile mark delivering steel. It's a big deal to me but is it to you? Do you care? Do they care?......Whatever....lol
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