What factors are considered when you choose a core logic chipset for your motherboard? Currently, how many of your motherboards are based on VIA or Intel chipsets?

When choosing a core logic chipset, we first look at which chipsets meet the technological requirements of our planned board. >From there we test these chipsets to determine which offers the best in performance and stability. A guaranteed supply is of great concern as well. Of course, Intel and Via are the obvious chipset providers but we do look outside the lines to see if an outside chipset is capable of delivering the kind of results which ABIT demands. I would say that currently we are looking at a 50-50 split between Via and Intel.