Open laptop
A system architecture that hands you exactly one thing to design — and sockets it.
MNT Reform is fully open — schematics, PCB, firmware, mechanicals. Its design makes the point for us: the processor lives on a swappable module, isolating the single high-value part so everything around it is settled and reused.
Exploded
Decompose the product into its stack. Each layer is colour-coded by what it is to the next build.
Bill of materials
Every part is a real, sourced component from the open baseline — no invented part numbers.
The socket isolates the one part worth designing. openWafer’s slice: an open RISC-V application SoC for that slot — energy-optimised, no vendor boot blob — dropped into the interface MNT already standardised.
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 →The slice openWafer designs
Reform’s architecture is itself the lesson: the processor lives on a socketed module, so the open motherboard, the LiFePO4 management, the mechanical keyboard, and the trackball are all settled and reused. The socket isolates the one part worth designing. openWafer’s slice is that module — an open RISC-V application SoC, energy-optimised, with no vendor boot blob, in the slot MNT already standardised. A good system architecture hands you exactly one thing to design; Reform proves it mechanically.