We started receiving word from several sources early this morning that Abit has started informing partners and distributors that they will be exiting the motherboard business at the end of the year.

While Abit has denied these rumors in the past, it seems that they have finally thrown in the towel in the competitive world of motherboard manufacturing and distribution. Sales have continued to decline and razor thin margins just don’t make it worthwhile to continue.

Abit, however, announced that they will be moving into new digs across the street from the new Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. The new hi-tech building will be in the heart of the new Nangang Software Park.

According to what we have been hearing, Abit will still be taking orders and filling orders with the inventory that they have on hand till the end of the year. Abit will continue to honour their three-year warranty on the motherboard products that they have sold.

As for the future, our moles suggest that USI who is Abit’s parent company will continue the Abit brand name by moving it toward the consumer electronics space with products like the FunFab digital photo frame with integrated printer and the mobile Internet device (MID) that they showed during Computex.