Monday, November 19th 2018
Bad Times for Motherboard and GPU Makers: Oversupply and High Prices in 1H19
The "sustained chill in the crypto mining sector" is, according to Taiwan-based sources cited at DigiTimes, one of the leading reasons motherboard and graphics cards makers will face a bleak scenario in the next few months. According to those sources, other factors such as the US-China trade war doesn't help a situation on which NVIDIA new RTX family hasn't helped due to the high price of those GPUs. ASUSTeK Computer and Gigabyte Technology have seen their inventory levels drive up, "causing their revenues for the peak season to fall under expectations".
These problems now join the ones Intel is facing with its shortage of processors, and according to DigiTimes, revenue prospects for the fourth quarter are further dimmed by lingering sluggish demand from the DIY market among other things. To counteract these problems those companies could actually be could be further adversely affected: "Nvidia and Intel likely to raise their chip prices to maintain profitability", a move that could lead to a bleak profitability period starting in 2019.
Source:
DigiTimes
These problems now join the ones Intel is facing with its shortage of processors, and according to DigiTimes, revenue prospects for the fourth quarter are further dimmed by lingering sluggish demand from the DIY market among other things. To counteract these problems those companies could actually be could be further adversely affected: "Nvidia and Intel likely to raise their chip prices to maintain profitability", a move that could lead to a bleak profitability period starting in 2019.
55 Comments on Bad Times for Motherboard and GPU Makers: Oversupply and High Prices in 1H19
we are paying 800+ dollars for a card that is only 5% faster than the 1080ti released over 20 months ago and was 100 bucks cheaper
if you want something that is 30% faster you'd have to cough up over 1300 dollars! thats over 60% more!
The gtx 1080ti which is 30% faster than the gtx 1080 but only costed 17% more when it was released yes yes and the cell phones were like 4000 bucks in the 80s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_DynaTAC