Re: Motherboard with many SATA ports: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum ?
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:44:47PM -0600, Gnu-Raiz wrote:
> Also you need to remember that most companies do not make
> there own boards but sub contract those out, and only put
> the components on. You might want to check out the articles
> on motherboards fabs. So it is quite possible that more than
> one mb manufacture use's the same subcontractor. The only
> difference is the QA and how much the boards are tested.
This is wrong. Yes, most companies will outsource their board
production and assembly. The physical PCB is made by one company,
and the components are loaded by another.
However, the original company (MSI etc) actually designs the circuit
and designs the testing, which are the major part of the task. The
actual testing may be executed by the contractor manufacturer under
the designer's supervision.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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