Gigabyte loses strength in the motherboard market, with sales in this field falling by more than 3.5 million units, although profits remain stable thanks to good sales of graphics cards.

The start of the year in the hardware market is not being particularly good in general terms, especially due to the vulnerabilities detected in the processors. The problems come to the door of Gigabyte, which has suffered a sharp drop in the number of motherboards sold so far and the data for the first quarter of 2018 is not especially better, as a decrease is expected compared to the first quarter of last year and the problem seems to be with some senior managers who have left.

The departure began with the former president of Gigabyte China, who left the company to go to Acer, where he worked with the company's startups, which include industrial PC devices and systems for the Internet of Things (IoT). ). On the other hand, the former head of Gigabyte's Korea and Japan office has decided to go to Foxconn Electronics.

According to the data, about 4.4-4.5 million graphics cards were sent by the company, with a significant impact in the field of cryptocurrency mining, representing an approximate profit of 55.000 million euros. It should be noted that in the field of motherboards, some 13 million motherboards have been sold, losing a total of 3.6 million units of share, something that would be due to the company's commercial reorganization since ASUS and MSI are being tough competitors.

Gigabyte is the biggest motherboard vendor in South Korea, something many experts are concerned about, as motherboard shipments have dropped and could drop further this year. There is also talk that the company's revenue should be stable in 2018, as long as the demand for graphics cards remains strong and stable.

Source: DT