Intel's installations in the Chinese province of Sichuan were not actually damaged by the earthquake, but it looks like that disaster will find it's translation into the PC market. More specifically, that of chipsets and motherboards.

The G31, G33 and 945GC (which means 45% of all Intel desktop sales) will see their price rise when sold in the thousands, to motherboard manufacturers. Changes will be: from $15 to between $18 and $19 for the 945GC, from $23to between $25 and $27 for the G31 and from $28 to $31 for the G33.

None of these rises should bother you, since you're not interested in buying from Intel and motherboard manufacturers are supposed to take the hit, but something tells me that even if the boards remain at the same price, they will do so for a longer time than otherwise they would've (i.e. it will take longer for the price to go down).

Link: DigiTimes

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