The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

[Lovely World]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

There are no child labor/sweat shops in Taiwan. Maybe in the underground world that the government doesn't know about. There's probably child labor/sweat shops here in the US also that the government doesn't know about.

[Mr.Tweak]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

It destroys the dreams of men and children!

... actually it looks like its an SMD picker/placer pre-mounts components to a board before it gets bathed in solder.

That's correct - it's an SMT machine and if I recall correctly it places the major chips such as north and south bridges.

[eightball103]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

What exactly does this machine do?

It destroys the dreams of men and children!

... actually it looks like its an SMD picker/placer pre-mounts components to a board before it gets bathed in solder.

[mercellene.cc]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

Hello Mr. Tweak, i belong to the group who use the gigabyte motherboard. At this moment I use motherboard X38-DS4 with processor E8400, and ram DDR2 team elite 2 gb,800 MHZ

Now I need your suggestion to upgrade my motherboard, which one is better : by using gigabyte EP45 or X48T-DQ6.
Application for overclock extreme and game :

1. Proccessor Intel QX9650 or intel QX9770
2. Memory DDR2 or DDR3
3. Corsair, OCZ, Team Extreme
4. PSU Epsilon 750 watt
5. CPU Cooler thermaltake Ultra or Asus silent knight II or Zalman
6. Casing Thermaltake Xaser VI
7. VGA CARD ATI Radeon 3870 X2 crossfire or NVIDIA 9800X2 two SLI
8. HDD WD Raptor or Hitachi Ultrastar

[mercellene.cc]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

hello mr tweak?? when come in indonesia gigabyte EP-45 Extreme?

[obso1337]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

What exactly does this machine do?

[SpinachEater]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

Hey nice post. Surprised you were able to take pictures in there.

[Helix666]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

I did my work experience in a place like that.
Well, a heck of a lot smaller.
The only reason they're putting components in by hand is because they're the larger components that the machines can't handle.

Stuff like the PCI sockets, etc.

[timonokinawa]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

I saw well lit, air conditioned, very clean. It appeared to be safe enviroment and well organized enviroment. They even sit in a better looking chair than I have. Some appeared to young but that is a great looking enviroment especially for a kid that is starting in tech or whom needs a summer job and is interested in technology. They certainly do not appear to be in anything close to a "sweatshop".

I am happy to purchase their products and to continue to support this type of company.....this doesn't mean I dont want my free motherboard or tshirt Cameron. Thanks for the pictures and no I dont work for gigabyte or Cameron.

[rayh]

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Picture 11 shows a guy circuit testing manually, with a meter and probe leads. I would have thought it much easier to conduct testing using a simple robotic tester, which could test all component circuits almost simultaneously, and in a fraction of the time.

I guess labour rates are quite low in Taiwan.

[orangutang91]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

so was it cool there, did they give u gummy motherboard candies?

[MUSTANGPC]

Foxconn

Dear Mr.Tweak

I was told that FOXCONN is one of the large mainboard manufacturer in Taiwan that produces boards for other companies. Can you take us on a tour of FOXCONN facilities.

[MUSTANGPC]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

For a bit more of an in-depth run down, check out the ABIT tour we did last month while I was in China:

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=article&dId=658

The parts that are placed on the motherboards by hand are just too complicated to be done by machines at this stage.

Hi Cameron - You must have met Alex Kuo whilst touring GigaByte?

[iviuz]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

Nice stuff, ive never seen anything like it b4.

[Yawgm0th]

Re: The production of a GIGABYTE motherboard (LARGE IMAGES INSIDE)

I generally don't resort to name calling, but when people argue with something that they shouldn't be in a way like this, it irritates me. In any case, you certainly won't get banned. Most forum Administrators and Moderators I've worked with will argue with people well beyond the point of name-calling (name-calling from the user, not the admin) before they even consider locking a thread. I certainly have no such infallibility or superiority complex.

In Taiwan the minimum age for pretty much any labor is fifteen. Compulsory education end at 15. In the U.S., it ends at 18 or 16, depending on the circumstance. Full-time labor is also at 16 or 18, but you must be done (dropped-out or completed) with secondary education if you're 16. You can do basically anything that isn't too dangerous (basically anything other than the military) once you're a teenager, but it's almost impossible to get a real job if you're not 15, and most place don't hire anybody younger than 16.

IMHO, 15 is probably a little too young to be having people do full-time jobs at a manufacturing plant, but at the same time, it's not exactly what you think of when you hear "child labor." I tend to picture a Malaysian or (mainland) Chinese 12-year old making my Nike shoes. So it's certainly not something that denotes a third-world country, but it is still kids doing full-time, low-paying labor.