This research report presents forecast and recent quarter review of the worldwide motherboard application IC market. The report includes motherboard shipment volume and breakdowns by CPU supplier, CPU connector type, chipset supplier, and chipset type. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with motherboard component makers. The report finds worldwide motherboard application IC market volume, which enjoyed a double-digit sequential growth in the third quarter of 2009, declined sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009. It is anticipated that worldwide motherboard application IC market volume will continue to suffer from year-on-year and sequential declines in the first and second quarters of 2010 and will not see sequential growth until the third quarter of 2010.