Asustek orders 1-1.2 million Intel 7 series chipsets

Now that is a lot of chips. 

The report talks about 7-Series as it relates to the Intel Z77 and would indicate that Asus is shoring up stocks for a long run of motherboards for the new Ivy Bridge processor.

Asustek Computer has placed orders with Intel for 1-1.2 million 7 series chipsets and 2.5-3 million H61 chipsets as well as ordering 600,000-800,000 760G and 500,000-600,000 A75 chipsets from AMD, for motherboards to be launched in the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources.

Since Intel will launch more Ivy Bridge-based processors in the third quarter, Asustek is expected to start expanding its orders for Intel's Z77 chipset then.

1.2 Million chipsets sounds like a pretty big haul lets hope the purchase will be good for them. 

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