The report finds that shipment volume of the global motherboard industry declined 5.2% sequentially and 13.6% year-on-year to 27.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016. The decline is due largely to the continued weak market demand. As the sales of Kaby Lake motherboards have not been living up to expectations, the industry is anticipated to have grown 5.2% sequentially and 2.4% year-on-year to 29.38 million units in the first quarter of 2017.