A couple of weeks ago, whispers in the industry spread rumours regarding Foxconn's sales plans for the future. The full details are a little fragmented and it is difficult to filter truth from Chinese whispers, but the short story is that Foxconn would be moving out of the end user branded motherboard market.

Although the original rumours were met with disbelief by some, it seems that these whispers are being heard elsewhere too. Foxconn are said to have told their sales team to stop taking orders on some motherboard models and to stop gathering order volume forecasts on them too. This is indicative of a company who is clearing out stock.

Foxconn have answered to these rumours on the Expreview website. Eric Zhu, channel manager of Foxconn was quoted to have said that the rumours were untrue and that the reason behind stopping taking orders was for the sales deptartment to adjust the existing stock for a few days. He was also keen to highlight how well Foxconn are doing with their motherboard sales.