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> I didn't think Intel had any ability to make anything other than chips. Historically this was definitely not the case. Intel made board level products in hou
by dboreham 3y ago
> I didn't think Intel had any ability to make anything other than chips.
Historically this was definitely not the case. Intel made board level products in house, and systems for code development, ICE units etc.
These days, probably it is all outsourced.
- midoridensha 3y agoIntel never made board-level stuff in-house; no one does this in fact. It's always outsourced to a contract manufacturer that specializes in PCBs. Intel probably did their own PCB design however.
- duskwuff 3y ago> Intel probably did their own PCB design however. They do. I've heard rumors that some motherboard manufacturers don't have the skills in-house to design and simulate high-speed portions of the PCB (like the memory bus) themselves; they use Intel (or AMD) reference designs for that portion of the board.
- midoridensha 3y agoYes, I've heard similar things, that a lot of PC motherboards were basically slightly modified reference PCBs from Intel. The high-speed portions of the boards were really difficult to design.