Open laptop
A system architecture that isolates the cost-and-differentiation choice in one socket.
MNT Reform is fully open — schematics, PCB, firmware, mechanicals. Its design concentrates the question: the processor lives on a swappable module, so everything around it is settled and low-cost to reuse, and the socket leaves one clean choice — reuse a stock module, or design a new one.
Exploded
Decompose the product into its stack. Each layer is colour-coded: settled, cyclical, or frontier.
Bill of materials
Every part is a real, sourced component from the open baseline — no invented part numbers.
The socket isolates the cost-and-differentiation choice. Reuse a stock module to ship, or design an open RISC-V application SoC for the slot — energy-optimised, no vendor boot blob. openWafer can do either.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Settled open design. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Mature MCU. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Standard BMS chain. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Commodity cells. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Standard panel + bridge. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Open input controller. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Open trackball. Reuse.
https://mntre.com/documentation/reform-handbook/hardware.html →Where openWafer can help
Reform concentrates the cost-and-differentiation question in one place: the processor lives on a socketed module, so the open motherboard, the LiFePO4 management, the keyboard, and the trackball are settled and low-cost to reuse. That leaves a clean choice at the socket — reuse a stock module to ship, or design a new one to differentiate. The frontier option there is an open RISC-V application SoC, energy-optimised, with no vendor boot blob, which openWafer can design and drop into the slot MNT standardised. The architecture makes either path an informed, isolated decision rather than a whole-system rebuild.