Taiwanese sources have long discussed the possibility of Intel Kaby Lake announcement displacement from the middle of this year to the end. Last Friday, on the site DigiTimes, there was a new piece of information relevant to the timing of Kaby Lake processors appearance in the desktop market. We add that the mobile version Kaby Lake may come earlier.
Sources from among the motherboard manufacturers have expressed dissatisfaction with the decision to transfer the announcement of Intel processors Kaby Lake to June in the third quarter. In this case, motherboard manufacturers will face a reduction in demand for their products in the second quarter. Even the leaders of the market is expected to decline in sales volumes of motherboards by 10%.
Intel should allow motherboard manufacturers to produce products based on the Intel Z270 and H270 chipsets from April this year, but now the deliveries will begin only in the middle of the third quarter. Most likely, the desktop versions Kaby Lake debut in September. Asustek and Gigabyte will release in the second quarter not more than 4 million Motherboard.