Original design manufacturer
An original design manufacturer is a company that designs and manufactures a product for another company; this is in contrast to an original equipment manufacturer or an original [brand manufacturer]. Some ODMs begin as OEMs and eventually become OBMs. Some manufacturers may fit multiple categories, with a portion of revenue attributable to each kind of work.
Examples
- Foxconn, Inventec, Quanta Computer, and Wistron were named by Nvidia as ODM partners using its HGX reference architecture and design guidelines in 2017.
- Nokia relies on ODMs for its post-2016 phones; in late 2019, it switched from relying on only one ODM to multiple ODMs.
- Samsung designs and manufactures some OEM-used SSDs and DIMMs, and such SSDs and DIMMs are rebranded by upstream companies such as Dell.
- MSI designs and manufactures some NVIDIA based graphics card, and such graphics cards are rebranded by upstream companies such as Dell.
- ZOTAC designs and manufactures some NVIDIA based graphics card, and such graphics cards are rebranded by upstream companies such as Lenovo.
Intellectual property