For Taiwan’s motherboard industry there is definitely no company more important than Intel. While other processor and chipset makers, as well as other component suppliers and valued customers play their important roles in the industry’s development, Intel defines the rules of the game. Every year, the world’s number one semiconductor company launches new technologies and issues new design guidelines, bringing more challenges to the motherboard industry. This year is no exception. In a recent talk with Sunil Kumar, Intel’s director of chipset marketing, DigiTimes.com discussed Intel’s latest desktop platform advances as well as current trends in PC technology.