ATX itself is a joint standard specifically for creating specifications vendors need to meet, so that relaxes a lot of things.
You need to pay to use HDMI from what I understand, but not DisplayPort.
That being said, I would think that integrating components would mean you are buying parts that have been patented and not that you are leasing the patents themselves. That will increase the cost of the boards, as would be the modularity for users to swap parts themselves.
I do know that soldered connections are much more stable than pins to board. So many times I have fixed a computer by reseating memory or a card. Corrosion seems to build up between connections that is much less common than properly placed and soldered chips. I personally prefer my memory and CPU modular.
If we do use modular components, we should look into first making a board that ONLY has CPU and memory, placing the remainder of components in PCIe.
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I would be surprised if there was anything on the board that didn’t have a patent covering it.
ATX itself is a joint standard specifically for creating specifications vendors need to meet, so that relaxes a lot of things.
You need to pay to use HDMI from what I understand, but not DisplayPort.
That being said, I would think that integrating components would mean you are buying parts that have been patented and not that you are leasing the patents themselves. That will increase the cost of the boards, as would be the modularity for users to swap parts themselves.
I do know that soldered connections are much more stable than pins to board. So many times I have fixed a computer by reseating memory or a card. Corrosion seems to build up between connections that is much less common than properly placed and soldered chips. I personally prefer my memory and CPU modular.
If we do use modular components, we should look into first making a board that ONLY has CPU and memory, placing the remainder of components in PCIe.
I don’t think populating the board with a ZIF instead of a pin hole socket would have changed anything.
Yeah, I talked my way into realizing the component is probably the patented part and it’s being resold.