Bits Gigabyte Nan-Ping Factory Tour

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2008/06/12/gigabyte-nan-ping-factory-tour/1

Gigabyte recently invited bit-tech and a few other international journalists to visit one of its factories in Nan-Ping. Read on to find out exactly where that Gigabyte P45 board you want to buy comes from.

 

Always good to see how it's done, cheers for putting in the time to have a nose round their factory.

 

Yeah definitely - almost like an episode of how it's made. Without the horrendous forced jokes.

I can attest that putting your finger in between a chain and sprocket is NOT a good idea. Especially when it's attached to a motorbike.

 

WOW.. this is impressive... big up to the Gigabyte for doing this..

 

where is the free samples part of the tour?

 

I would so love to get hold of a mobo before it has the parts put into it and use it as a mouse mat

Kimbie

 

lol I had a totally different view of how this stuff would look like, been watching too many intel ads...

 

Thats a great idea, maybe i will strip down an old motherboard by desoldering every pin and the poor a plastic transparent coating on on side for the mouse to rest on. Or maybe this is to much work and ends up in a mess... who knows.

 

lol @ the accident pic - brilliant stuff

 

What a gnarley looking building, well great to have a guided tour coz its very interesting to see it all in action.

 

And there was I thinking it was all done by super-trained monkeys.

 

Reminds me of the tour that PCSTATS did - check out their page 9 for some amazing photos of the automated warehouse - it's huge!

 

I've already got a motherboard drinks mat coaster. Very nice. loads of places sell them, mousematts, book covers all sorts.

A quick google gave me this: www.motherboardgifts.net

 

I would really like to see similar tours for other manufacturers, particularly ASUS. This might be the next step in decided who the hell to buy from.

 

Nice
I though you had a picture of their canteen here

 

Bit-Tech needs to enter the realm of video! For game reviews as well as this kinda thing!

 

We know, but it takes a LOT of time to get good quality video, whereas **** video takes all of 5 minutes.

 

Very nicely done and interesting read as well as the images.

Why are the red components in this box labeled GREEN? lol

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/06/gigabyte-nan-ping-factory-tour/p45dq62-8.jpg

 

Very very cool. I would love to go there myself and just have a nose around, though I don't think they would take too kindly to it.

Oh yeah. I assume you don't just flick through images, you like to study them instead.

 

I just watched a "how its made" last night on making PCBs and that gun that places the components on the board is crazy fast!