Market Trends of Asia Pacific Motherboard Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the APAC Motherboard Market according to our research experts:
China is expected to acquire a significant market share
China is one of the prominent countries in the Asian-Pacific region for the motherboard market, accounting for more than half of the total market share. The increasing market for smartphone devices is one of the most significant factors driving the studied market's growth. According to GSMA 2021 report, 47% of connections in China may be in 5G by 2025, and 1.22 billion people subscribed to mobile services in 2020. In addition, according to GSMA the number of forecasted connections in China for 5G is expected to reach 460 million by 2025.
- Furthermore, industry 4.0 is also expected to drive the studied market growth in the region. The country is making advanced strides in industry 4.0. 5G networks that run factories, warehouses, ports, and urban transportation can increase productivity tenfold or more. Telecom giant Huawei alone builds 5G applications for almost 2,000 Chinese manufacturing firms and 5,300 Chinese miners. All these are expected to drive motherboard adoption in the country.
- Moreover, in order to meet intensifying competition, motherboard makers in China have adopted various strategies. In addition to bolstering marketing, they have been using bundling strategies through their channel systems. The most prevalent method is to bundle graphics cards, while some players have bundled both graphics cards and memory.
- Furthermore, Taiwan is home to some of the most prominent motherboard manufacturers launching new products in the market. For instance, in October 2021, ASRock launched a new range of motherboards featuring Intel Z690 chipset, a brand new LGA1700 socket platform to pair with the latest 12th Generation Intel Core Processors, opening endless possibilities with PCI Express 5.0 and DDR5 high-speed memory.
- Moreover, the company such as Elitegroup computer systems Co. Ltd, headquartered in Taiwan, has a manufacturing capacity to produce over 2.5 million motherboards every month. All these make the country a hotspot for the motherboard market.
Market Dynamics for Graphic Add-in-Board Market in Asia-Pacific Region
- With the growing popularity of online gaming/i-gaming and spur in demand for laptops and tablet PCs, as a gaming platform, the market is expected to witness moderate growth during the forecast period.
- The demand for graphic add-in boards (AIB) has risen because of their use in supercomputers, remote workstations, and simulators. Supercomputers and remote workstations are used in scientific and technical applications such as defense, aerospace, and research and development. As many countries increase their investment in scientific research, the market for graphic AIB is likely to expand exponentially during the forecast period. According to Top500 the distribution of supercomputers in 2021 for industry and research accounted to 53% and 20.4% compared to 57.6% and 19% respectively in 2020.
- Moreover, the market is driven by users who perform complex tasks like 3D rendering and video editing. High-end applications like AutoCAD and Adobe Premiere Pro can use Graphics AIB to speed up processing and make for faster and more efficient workflows. Moreover, the growing demand for memory graphics cards in PCs and spur in demand for high-resolution tablets further boost the market growth.
- Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are increasingly replacing the market for personal computers. Hence, gaming service in smartphones, tablets, and laptops is in growing demand. This is expected to reduce the demand for gaming services in monitor-based devices such as personal computers. Hence, this is expected to reduce the demand for graphics AIB, mostly used in desktop computers. thus all the factors is expected to drive growth opportunites for the Motherboard vendors in the market.