High demand causes new Intel chipset shortage

High demand for PCs has created a new round of Intel chipsets, revitalizing the issue many consider to be the cause of Intel's loss of market share to rival Micro Micro Devices (AMD) in 2005.

An official from Taiwan's largest motherboard maker Asustek Computer (Taiwan) commented that demand for new PCs increased following the price cuts of both Intel and AMD in late July 2006, and demand for The new school year in the US is also very high.

An official from Taiwan's other motherboard manufacturer, Gigabyte Technology Co. said there is a shortage of chipsets in their 965, namely G965.

June 2006 Intel announced the 965 chipset family including Q965, G965, P965 for desktop computers. These chipsets work with the company's latest Core 2 Duo processor (processor).

In 2005, the shortage of Intel chipsets helped rival AMD gain more market share. The chipset controls the flow of data between the processor and other chips in the PC. Chipsets are built for specific processors, so an Intel system chipset will not work with AMD systems and vice versa. Therefore, the lack of Intel chipsets could boost the demand for AMD processors and chipsets to meet PC demand.