← Back to context Comment by alecco 1 day ago Good news. Now we need Chinese manufacturers of DDR4 chipsets and motherboards. 3 comments alecco Reply lelanthran 1 day ago > Good news. Now we need Chinese manufacturers of DDR4 chipsets and motherboards.Search aliexpress for X99 dual socket motherboards. wmf 1 day ago Chipsets don't determine the RAM type and all motherboards have been made in China for a while. alecco 1 day ago Taiwan dominates the global motherboard industry. (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, etc. and MediaTek etc)The big Taiwanese manufacturers are chasing the AI dragon.https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20251021PD219/ai-server-asro... (Oct 2025)OTOH, now I read small Taiwanese manufacturers who are left out of the Nvidia supply chain are reverting to DDR4 motherboards because of the DDR5 shortage. Strange times.
lelanthran 1 day ago > Good news. Now we need Chinese manufacturers of DDR4 chipsets and motherboards.Search aliexpress for X99 dual socket motherboards.
wmf 1 day ago Chipsets don't determine the RAM type and all motherboards have been made in China for a while. alecco 1 day ago Taiwan dominates the global motherboard industry. (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, etc. and MediaTek etc)The big Taiwanese manufacturers are chasing the AI dragon.https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20251021PD219/ai-server-asro... (Oct 2025)OTOH, now I read small Taiwanese manufacturers who are left out of the Nvidia supply chain are reverting to DDR4 motherboards because of the DDR5 shortage. Strange times.
alecco 1 day ago Taiwan dominates the global motherboard industry. (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, etc. and MediaTek etc)The big Taiwanese manufacturers are chasing the AI dragon.https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20251021PD219/ai-server-asro... (Oct 2025)OTOH, now I read small Taiwanese manufacturers who are left out of the Nvidia supply chain are reverting to DDR4 motherboards because of the DDR5 shortage. Strange times.
> Good news. Now we need Chinese manufacturers of DDR4 chipsets and motherboards.
Search aliexpress for X99 dual socket motherboards.
Chipsets don't determine the RAM type and all motherboards have been made in China for a while.
Taiwan dominates the global motherboard industry. (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, etc. and MediaTek etc)
The big Taiwanese manufacturers are chasing the AI dragon.
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20251021PD219/ai-server-asro... (Oct 2025)
OTOH, now I read small Taiwanese manufacturers who are left out of the Nvidia supply chain are reverting to DDR4 motherboards because of the DDR5 shortage. Strange times.