The results are in, and a vast majority of you prefer our open firmware requirements. While this semi-official poll would not significantly influence our long-term goals, it's good to know we are working toward the kind of systems you all want to see. Thank you to all who voted!

It does, the request was for the reference designator location per the schematic.

Sure, we'll get engineering to get that to you!

We have plans for that too! Stay tuned 😉

Yes, that is one of our primary goals!

Absolutely! We'll get someone on that ASAP.

We're aware, but BMC upgrades are significantly more involved, especially from a support perspective. It was deemed more practical to release the new PNOR earlier to address several known faults (GPU / XFS problems) in the skiroot kernel and other components.

Downloads are here, the BMC and FPGA do not neeed to be updated, only the PNOR: Talos II: wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos… Blackbird: wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Black… Let us know if you run into any issues!

We have released a firmware update for our Talos II and Blackbird product lines. This update adds new hardware support to the bootloader and fixes a rare checkstop bug on Talos II. Full changelog is available at wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos… -- only the PNOR has been updated.

What was the root cause?

We have implemented a process change to better respond to requests such as yours for out of warranty and second hand systems. Please accept our apologies for the lack of communication in the interim!

We will be in contact Monday. Thank you!

So that we can improve, was a message left on that number? We need to identify what broke down on our side. Thank you!

We will be looking into this matter immediately. What was the ticket number? We do receive a tremendous amount of Email spam, and legitimate mail does get overlooked from time to time. If there is ever a concern we recommend calling directly, 512 690 0240 for a speedy response!

You could upgrade all the way to a 22 core processor, just watch the temps. 3.8GHz all core boost up to 8 cores, 256GB RAM. If you need more check out the Talos II!

Assembled: raptorcs.com/content/BK1SD1/… Build your own: raptorcs.com/content/BK1B02/…

Nothing x86 post-2013 will allow the ME/PSP to be disabled, which is why we designed and recommend one of our own POWER products instead. Would a Blackbird perhaps work for your purposes? 100% open and libre firmware, runs stock Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL/Fedora etc.!

We're working on a compatible, efficient, affordable system with the S1. Stay tuned!