Abit Ceasing Production of Motherboards!

[Mr. Smith]

I know Rast won't be happy...

No more margin

HEXUS.channel can exclusively confirm that Taiwanese technology company abit, which is associated primarily with high-end and gaming mainboards, will stop producing all mainboards at the end of 2008.

HEXUS.channel has confirmed this as fact from sources close to South East Asian distributors, all of which will be notified by their abit sales contacts from today onwards.

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 year's 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 Universal 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.

Hexus.

[Bungral]

You aint wrong... There will be one very pee'd off Rast.

Tis a shame though.. They made some good boards

[Ham]

I'll believe it when i hear it form an abit rep tbh.

[Rastalovich]

Yeah we been to-and-fro`ing about this on the universal site.

It`s still a `source`, like the previous sources that were officially denied afterwards. But hey if they officially announce it - what can u do. Make do I guess >.<

Still banking on the confusion of 775 plants going.. ..with the dawn of the newer slot.

Who knows. Hexus ain`t always correct, but they used to have some sway with the uk-abit support people before they were sacked.

Meh.

Originally Posted by name='Bungral'

They made some good boards

IP35 Pro. It has some niggles that not every1 might pick up - but u can`t not recommend them.

[Jim]

Despite not having used an abit mobo personally in a fair while now, I will always remember them for their amazing mobo's in the AMD K6 and P3 days.

If/When they go, it'll be the end of an era tbh.

[Toxcity]

Used to have an nForce 2 or 3 Abit board and it was pure sex. So I am am sure they will be missed.

[Bungral]

http://www.amazon.com/ABIT-AV8-3RD-E.../dp/B000623EZK

It did me proud.. It's still in use as it goes round my mates house... That board is getting on a bit now!

[Jim]

All hail the BE6-II. Highpoint Raid controller, Dip-Switch overclocking and an ISA slot . Back in an era where you'd puke if you looked at the motherboard for too long.

[Ham]

Originally Posted by name='Jim'

Back in an era where you'd puke if you looked at the motherboard for too long.

Yet you could throw them off a cliff and they'd still work after...

[Barry]

Originally Posted by name='Bungral'

http://www.amazon.com/ABIT-AV8-3RD-E.../dp/B000623EZK

It did me proud.. It's still in use as it goes round my mates house... That board is getting on a bit now!

One of the best Mobos ever.