Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have decided to have no booths at this year's CeBIT 2013 trade show, which will be hosted from March 5-9 in Hannover, Germany. This does not mean that the Taiwanese companies will not have a presence at the show, as they will serve their clients in smaller - and more affordable - conference rooms outside the exhibition center, Digitimes.com reported today.

Europe's financial crisis and a shift of focus to Mobile World Congress (MWC) have pushed many big CeBIT exhibitors away from the technology show.

Smaller motherboard brands such as MSI and ASRock are still eager to have a place at the show's huge halls and have rented booths to showcase their latest products.