Making modular designs for OEM manufacturers

Apr 4, 2007 12:30 GMT  ·  By

When you try to make something work but you know that the entire process is painstakingly long, you often resort to unorthodox methods, a way of overcoming the hardship through some thoughtful innovation. Like take for instance the simple process of making ice cubes, to go down well with that whisky, if you just have the water and the refrigerator, the key element is still missing, so it's easier to just go out and buy a plastic cube-shaped figure, poor the water in, freeze it and out come the ice cubes, simple and effective.

Now if this small utility didn't exist, somebody would invent it, but it's something we take for granted and don't really think about twice. But such is the case with say, the computer industry? we use prefabricated molds to manufacture different components. Ease of use and practical appliances, that is why we accessorize ourselves and our machines with all sorts of gadgets. And most manufacturers do this, but the Flextronics company had another idea, and created a mold for OEM and ODM designs. Their product, the G700 uses two Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5335 processors and the Intel 5000P chipset to form a scalable solution for different applications.

Sean Burke, President of Flextronics' Computing Segment said: "We developed a flexible rackmount platform containing two Quad-Core Intel processors for customers seeking a high-performance, scalable solution for various networking, security and storage appliance applications. With its modular I/O approach, OEM and ODM customers can increase value to end users and offer various G700 models with options for gigabit Ethernet (copper and fiber), 10GbE, Infiniband, storage, security acceleration for IPSec and SSL and many more modular options."