Intel will stop making desktop PC motherboards after the next generation of its chip technology arrives, the company has announced. The fourth-generation Core processors, codenamed “Haswell,” will be the last line of chips for which Intel will build desktop motherboards, and it will fully wind down the business over the next three years.
We disclosed internally today that Intel’s Desktop Motherboard Business will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next three years,” Intel said in a note to journalists today.
To clarify, Intel is halting the manufacturing of motherboards — the component of a PC that holds the CPU, RAM and connectivity elements — not desktop processors themselves. Various manufacturers — such as Asus and Gigabyte — will continue to make desktop motherboards, AnandTech reports, and enthusiasts who build their own PCs already have many third-party suppliers to choose from.
