Dell will get into the 19" widescreen LCD market. Asus has been reported to be building low cost PCs. ECS and MSI motherboard shipments grow by double digits in September.

Motherboard shipments from two first-tier makers – Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Micro-Star International (MSI) –both posted double-digit sequential growth in September, with sources at the companies predicting growth to continue in October amid seasonal demand.