Re:Don’t buy System76 hardware and expect to get firmware up...
by bluGill on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:25AM
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What kind of manufacturing plant is the question. Competing with Intel and a processor design and fab house is obviously beyond all but the largest companies. I suspect even designing a motherboard is beyond a company of their size (or even an order of magnitude larger). However it probably makes sense for them to do final assembly so they can integrate quality assurance steps where required. Take a case somebody else made (their design), a bunch of other components (mostly off the shelf, but some custom), and screw them together. At several points along the way power up the system and run some tests.
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Re:Don’t buy System76 hardware and expect to get firmware up...
by cassidyjames on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:28PM
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I don't think I can share intimate details, but we are designing the products, manufacturing the chassis and some internal components, and assembling the products all in Denver, CO.
Re:Don’t buy System76 hardware and expect to get firmware up...
by Latteland on Thursday May 10, 2018 @06:43PM
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Come on, don't be silly, only the world's largest 5 or 10 companies build their own processors; look how long it took apple to build their own arm. They will use an amd or intel cpu and put pieces together.