Mechanical Engineering at Oxide [chapter images]

About this episode

The episode discusses the mechanical challenges of building a rack-scale computer with the Oxide mechanical engineering team.

Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the Oxide mechanical engineering team to talk the mechanical challenges of building a rack-scale computer, and--in particular--of scaling manufacturing from just a few racks to hundreds. NOTE: Keep an eye on the chapter art for the pictures under discussion. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal , we were joined by Oxide Colleagues Elliott Donlon, Brooks Willis, Doug Wibben, and Ben Williams. Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Topic [@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's Conundrum PRs needed! If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar . We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal

Guests: Elliott Donlon, Brooks Willis, Doug Wibben, Ben Williams

Topics covered

• mechanical engineering
• rack-scale computer
• manufacturing challenges
• scaling production
• team discussion

Keywords

• mechanical engineering
• rack-scale computer
• manufacturing
• Oxide
• engineering team
• production scaling
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxide Computer Company

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