Intel, ASUS Ceased Partnership

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
ASUS, one of the world’s largest maker of motherboards, and Intel, the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors and supporting products, have possibly broken their partnership in the field of making mainboards.
In case ASUS is no longer listed as an Intel mainboard partner, the companies might have suspended the partnership because of unknown reasons. Among possible causes for the likely break off a source close to both companies suspected that the firms did not succeed in negotiating about pricing of the products.
Source: Xbitlabs

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Must... not.... laugh..

    Damn... where is he???

    Paging Thrax to this thread!
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited June 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    Must... not.... laugh..

    Damn... where is he???

    Paging Thrax to this thread!

    ;D:eek2:

    uhhm why do you not want thrax here? Maybe i shouldn't ask. So seriously what does this mean. What consecvenses will this have.

    /me walks off happly since he has an amd board in his rig.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    EyesOnly wrote:
    ;D:eek2:

    uhhm why do you not want thrax here? Maybe i shouldn't ask. So seriously what does this mean. What consecvenses will this have.

    * EyesOnly walks off happly since he has an amd board in his rig.

    Thrax is the biggest anti-Intel person I know of.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Ah, yet another reason to switch back to Asus...

    Although, when I spoke with Asus' US Marketing Director over the weekend, most of his comments were related to Asus products running Intel stuff, not AMD. :confused2
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited June 2004
    Now if Abit, Tyan, MSI, and others would follow....

    KF
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited June 2004
    Mmmm Asus isn't gonna stop making mainboards with Intel chipsets, that's gotta be like 75% of their M/B revenue. Asus might stop making mainboards labelled as "Intel". Its probably just "tough" negotation tactics being used by both sides (Intel removing Asus as a "partner," Asus refusing to budge?) to try and force a deal.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Asus will always make motherboards for Intel, because they can't afford to lose Intel's support.
    Intel will always allow Asus to make motherboards for them, because they can't afford to lose Asus's support.

    That said, dear sweet jesus let this news be true. :(
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2004
    qparadox wrote:
    ...Its probably just "tough" negotation tactics being used by both sides (Intel removing Asus as a "partner," Asus refusing to budge?) to try and force a deal.
    That would imply that Intel bullies other manufacturers. How could you believe such a thing? :vimp:
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited June 2004
    Yeah that's hard to believe. :D
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