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Hardware board design was done by Pegatron along with some contractors both in the USA and Taiwan. FG took all that IP and re-created it (or possibly just rippe
by nikcub 16y ago
Hardware board design was done by Pegatron along with some contractors both in the USA and Taiwan. FG took all that IP and re-created it (or possibly just ripped it - they had the boards and most ODMs can scan them and RE the schematics) with their new ODM.
Pegatron did a lot of IP work as they were sold on the TC involvement and the deals we had in the pipeline. They had very good engineering guys that worked with a guy we had in the USA.
The industrial design was done by a firm in Singapore
Software design and components were done by a variety of people. FG bought in contractors who did some drivers, and they had 2 FG guys who did the browser and UI
It was all thrown together very quickly and the team was only really scaled up in the months leading up to FG leaving us (TC). Lots of mistakes were made on the software side, but that is a whole other story.
(Note: I worked on the project while at TC)
- raymondhome 16y agoSeems like FG was only doing systems integration and project management. Didn't see any IP that they came up with. They bascially outsource everything. TC might as well partner up with any Taiwanese ODM. The Taiwanese ODMs are strong in engineering and manufacturing.