make own motherboard
From what I've read, I gather two things:
It's possible.
But assembly is not easy
Theoretically though, if you were capable of operating on such a fine, small scale, you would be able to produce such a thing.
No one has posted in a little bit, but I'd like to continue this thread, as I have questions myself.
I'm not trying to make an actual board as a DIY project.
I'd just like to learn more by asking questions about making motherboards.
Added after 45 minutes:
Please excuse how unprofessional this drawing is.
But let's say we're trying to make a very low performing representational hand held system. We can even pretend it's supposed to look like a really bad copy of the Nintendo DS or PSP.
Instead of a RAM card like on a PC motherboard, it has:
SDHC 8GB Flash Memory
Instead of a Hard Drive like on a PC motherboard, it has:
SDHC 32GB Flash Memory
And because of the size and performance of the new Intel Atom, like all netbooks, cellphones, and handheld devices now days, it has:
Intel Atom Processor
Then it just has some random LCD, a little Speaker that beeps or something, and a little Key Pad for basic input.
All of these are illistrated on the sketchy block diagram...
Now what my question is, if you set out to make this... the chipset... would you NEED to get something from Intel to work with their processor?
Or since it uses unique hardware (like SDHC Flash instead of DRAM), would you need to use something like a PIC Micro Controller to program custom firmware?
Again, don't blast this saying it's impossible.
I'm a game programmer, not looking to BUILD something, but UNDERSTAND HOW to build it.
Thanks for reading ^_^