During Computex, I was offered a chance to go see how a motherboard is actually produced. GIGABYTE invited me and other media on a trip to see one of their three factories. We were bused off to the ...

KitGuru recently flew out to China where we met Ethan Yang, the vice president for msi Shenzhen’s manufacturing plant. He gave us a tour of his factory facility just as they were going through the ...

Hey folks, how's the weekend treating ya? Whatever your situation, I bet there's time for a little tech news, so dig in! Inside ECS - Motherboard Factory Tour @ Hardware Zone "www.hardwarezone.com (R) ...

Once the motherboards have had all their components attached, the quality-testing process begins. This starts with simple visual checks, where workers cover the motherboards with masks and check that ...

Now we've got a product that looks somewhat akin to what you receive in the box. The larger components have been machine-fed on to the mainboard and been inserted ready for wave soldering. Optical ...

Last week Guru3D visited Gigabyte's Nan-Ping production factory in Tawan. We followed the design and productions stages of both a motherboard and VGA card. In this article we'll take you though the ...

While a more expensive motherboard won't directly improve your gaming performance, it can benefit you in other ways, namely better build quality, fancier design, more robust VRMs, and more expansion ...

1 - Introduction 2 - PCB: Inner Layer & Lamination 3 - PCB: Routing & Drilling 4 - PCB: Copper Plating 5 - PCB: Outer Layer 6 - PCB: Inspection, Etching & Solder Mask 7 - Mobo: SMD Components 8 - Mobo ...

Gigabyte Technology is now almost certain to build its new motherboard factory in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province (China), said general manager Richard Ma. The company was considering three cities in ...

Then comes the really cool stuff, which utilizes robotic arms to pick the board up and test the various parts. This automated process is facilitated by the DIP-ICT21, an advanced in-circuit testing ...

Just before COMPUTEX I was invited by industry heavyweight Gigabyte to tour its Nan-ping factory situated just outside Pingjhen City in the north-west of Taiwan. Having never visited a motherboard ...

This is done using a large machine that has reels upon reels of SMT or surface mount technology components. This ranges from controllers, MOSFETs, chokes and various other chips and components that ...