Author: Case Engelen

Design for Manufacturing (DFM) in 2026 starts before the architecture

A common trait I’ve seen in many hardware founders over

After the announcement on what Trump called “Liberation Day,” he

When I announced on LinkedIn that Robert Brown has taken

(Last reviewed: July 18, 2026) U.S. tariffs on goods made

I’ve noticed that many people with a software background jump

With the possibility of China tariffs rising to 45%, designing

NRE in manufacturing stands for Non-Recurring Engineering. When someone mentions NRE

Taiwan’s share of total component cost on the latest iPad

We first published this article in 2018 on the problem