Intel may be in talks with Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) to use its chipsets for entry-level motherboards, according to a report circulating on Chinese news wires today. SIS, a unit of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), has secured an order from Intel for low-end chipsets, said the report, which cites no sources. SIS’s chipsets will be a component of Intel’s motherboards as soon as October. The story noted Intel’s decision to stop making the chips in-house due to poor margins.
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Report: Intel Planning Low-End Motherboards
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 10, 2005 01:42 PMIntel may be in talks with Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) to use its chipsets for entry-level motherboards, according to a report circulating on Chinese news wires today. SIS, a unit of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), has secured an order from Intel for low-end chipsets, said the report, which cites no sources. SIS’s chipsets will be a component of Intel’s motherboards as soon as October. The story noted Intel’s decision to stop making the chips in-house due to poor margins.