WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.279 I have always wanted to show you guys the inside of a GPU Factory and thanks 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:12.080 to power color and framework we're finally doing it but there's one small 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.640 catch in order to show us absolutely everything from start to finish they 00:00:13.799 --> 00:00:20.160 have to shut down absolutely everything from start to finish meaning that it is 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:25.359 costing them hundreds to thousands of dollars a minute and we are going to 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:27.080 absolutely get kicked out after 3 hours 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:31.519 I think you can take notes faster than that with the constraints it's going to 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:38.200 be a bit of a speed run but maybe that's the fun speed fun like the Speedy segue 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:40.480 to our sponsor seic you know seic for 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:45.160 their reliable and power efficient power supplies but now you can know them for 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:49.000 affordability too their vertex lineup is on sale now at the link in the 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:02.359 description okay it's not completely shut down be pretty boring to an 00:01:00.199 --> 00:01:06.640 abandoned Factory but uh we're told that this line would be running it anywhere 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:12.720 from 2 to three times the speed during regular production you can see just 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:17.840 waiting for it while they're better known as powercolor tul has been around 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:22.960 since 1997 and has produced graphics cards under multiple of their own Brands 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:27.400 as well as for partners like diamond in the past they won't disclose their total 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:32.320 manufacturing capacity to us but let's put it this way they're a tier 1 AMD 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:38.960 Manu manufacturing partner and even this small taiwan-based manufacturing line 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:41.479 can turn out about 20,000 units a 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:46.320 month they did invite us right when you're operating at this kind of scale 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:52.040 every little detail matters even the very small ones here's a real good 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:56.920 example of that shipments of surface mount components get inspected via x-ray 00:01:54.719 --> 00:02:01.119 to ensure that they are exactly what they say they are and that the right 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:05.200 quantities are on each one of these tapes this is done for both new 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.640 shipments as well as reels that have been used multiple times for small 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:13.959 production runs so you can see this one has multiple count stickers on it and is 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:18.480 now down to 3,728 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:23.879 V's they also perform manual spot checks for both incoming surface mount 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:27.760 components as well as pcbs this is an 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.080 engineered what flatness meter I guess 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.519 it's a super super flat piece of granite and 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:38.519 basically see that if the variance from 00:02:34.519 --> 00:02:38.519 one end to the other is more than2 00:02:38.959 --> 00:02:45.560 mm it's done it's out now that all our components are validated all we need is 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:49.879 a quick antistatic shower and we're ready to visit the smt line where 00:02:47.720 --> 00:02:55.000 they're going to be mounted to our 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:59.640 boards for step one we take those trays of pcbs and load them into the end of 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:04.000 the line our timing is so good we actually get to see that happen right 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.000 now here we 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:11.959 go oh look there it goes next up we need 00:03:08.920 --> 00:03:13.680 to apply solder paste to every point on 00:03:11.959 --> 00:03:20.000 the board where a component will be placed this is done by essentially just 00:03:17.239 --> 00:03:25.280 scraping a squeegee that is covered in paste over a stencil with the board 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:30.959 sitting underneath now something to note is that these stencils wear out after a 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:33.360 th000 or 10,000 placements so every time 00:03:30.959 --> 00:03:37.319 they run a new model of GPU through they have to inspect it to make sure it still 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:43.080 has the appropriate thickness looks pretty good to me but no one asked me 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:46.599 they asked the machine in here they inspect the application to ensure that 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:51.080 it is accurate and it's the right quantity and if an error gets noticed 00:03:49.239 --> 00:03:55.519 the information is looped back to the previous stage so that it knows hm 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.319 something's not going quite right next we get reunited with our old surface 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:03.879 mount component friends who are loaded into the pick and place machine in the 00:04:01.480 --> 00:04:11.319 optimal locations in order to reach the maximum placement speed of 00:04:07.720 --> 00:04:14.159 77,000 components per hour holy crap 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:19.280 look at this thing go I have never seen a machine this fast which makes sense 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:23.560 because this is a state-of-the-art machine that runs at nearly double the 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:29.759 speed of their main lines and you guys have got how many of these things here 1 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:31.360 two three four five of them but this 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:35.680 this investment makes a lot of sense when you consider what this facility is 00:04:33.320 --> 00:04:41.000 for they're just 15 minutes from their R&D headquarters so they will often do 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:46.000 things like quality analysis so they can transfer that knowledge to the main line 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:51.160 or development of new products so speed and efficiency is of the essence as you 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:55.919 can see the biggest components go on last with this side of the machine 00:04:53.160 --> 00:05:02.280 handling vrms and this side handling display connections and the really good 00:04:58.520 --> 00:05:05.360 stuff like memory and GPU dies which I'm 00:05:02.280 --> 00:05:06.520 told I get to load into the machine oh 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:13.440 there we go uh oh too far let me you one one time 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:20.000 and you is it in the wrong spot oh I missed you unlock 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:22.639 oh hey okay well I did it mostly right 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.960 if your GPU is in the wrong spot you'll know who to 00:05:25.919 --> 00:05:31.800 blame and there it is a finished board 00:05:29.479 --> 00:05:38.080 at at least in the sense that a pizza with all the toppings on it is finished 00:05:34.280 --> 00:05:40.479 now we cook but not in no regular oven 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:45.880 boys this right here is the world's most advanced Pizza Oven not only does it 00:05:43.919 --> 00:05:50.400 have different temperature control for the different zones but they build a 00:05:48.039 --> 00:05:55.520 special profile for every board that goes through it to ensure that the 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:58.600 solder melts absolutely perfectly and by 00:05:55.520 --> 00:06:00.639 perfect I really do mean perfect at the 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:05.039 end of the baking proc process they ensure that the solder melted correctly 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:11.400 and that every component was positioned exactly perfectly by doing a 3D freaking 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:13.120 scan as you can see this one no good 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:21.120 it's got a lifted lead that is so precise now it's done JK 00:06:19.400 --> 00:06:25.080 we still don't have a power connector and there's no capacitors there are 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:30.720 still some components that are better placed by human hands so let's go visit 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:34.160 that line at least most of the will 10 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:36.759 to 15% will get pulled aside proactively 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:43.039 and sent to the X-ray inspection room where they can use this machine to get a 00:06:39.080 --> 00:06:46.000 3D view my God that is so cool of the 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:51.599 BGA joints under components that cannot be visually inspected like the memory 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:54.560 and the GPU die now they let me in at 00:06:51.599 --> 00:07:00.319 the first station each jig gets two gpus and any 8 Pin PCIe power connectors then 00:06:58.479 --> 00:07:07.520 we get our fan header followed by capacitors capacitors some more 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:07.520 capacitors and finally 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:16.120 capacitors once that's all done the back side of the board gets sprayed with flux 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:18.759 then it gets pizza ovened again until 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:26.120 the end of this machine where oh my God that is the coolest thing ever the back 00:07:21.440 --> 00:07:28.800 of the board runs across a liquid solder 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:33.680 waterfall in order to solder all of the through board components man I feel like 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:38.199 a kid in a digital candy store here after the backside gets soldered our 00:07:36.080 --> 00:07:42.759 little tray gets popped onto this little green belt and goes down for manual 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:49.639 inspection oh for some reason I thought it was going to slide but that makes 00:07:47.440 --> 00:07:55.360 more sense if there's adequate coverage of solder it goes into the middle and if 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:59.479 there isn't it goes to the next station sometimes there just isn't quite enough 00:07:57.159 --> 00:08:03.400 solder or two of the points are accid entally bridged and that can be quickly 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:08.199 repaired by a skilled technician the touched up boards then get cleaned all 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:12.639 the shoo gets removed then all the boards come back together for a final 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:17.000 visual inspection and our QA technician at the end of the line scans a QR code 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:21.199 and says hey I check this it's definitely good to go moving upstairs 00:08:18.960 --> 00:08:25.960 you can see we've upgraded the gpus we're working on a little bit here these 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:28.280 are bound for 7800 XT hellhound Sakura 00:08:25.960 --> 00:08:32.760 editions just like you saw in our cutest PC video 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:38.159 and stage one is ah yes visual inspection again I guess for what to 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:40.200 make sure nothing broke yeah to be extra 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:43.640 good and sure with that out of the way it's time for assembly to begin in 00:08:41.719 --> 00:08:48.240 Earnest starting with little plastic washers over all the screw holes to make 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:53.080 sure the PCB doesn't get scratched IO plate and oh screwing on the io plate 00:08:50.680 --> 00:08:57.120 that's very important next up back plates go on followed by those also 00:08:55.360 --> 00:09:02.680 being screwed in which is equally important cuz you don't want your GPU to 00:08:58.680 --> 00:09:05.640 arrive in pieces is then oh God I love 00:09:02.680 --> 00:09:09.040 these coolers that looks gorgeous all the protective peels come off the 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:12.160 thermal pads and pre-applied thermal goop oh that one didn't have any peels 00:09:10.760 --> 00:09:18.480 on it I swear I saw one with peels earlier I'm not going to worry about that the point is the fan gets plugged 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:20.959 in here then we've got one two three 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:25.640 stations that all apply screws to the cooler through the back of the card 00:09:22.880 --> 00:09:31.120 followed by another visual inspection that I think could best be described as 00:09:27.760 --> 00:09:33.959 sanity check you know does the fan spin 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:39.079 also a good thing wait what about second final station where each one of these 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:41.680 cards gets loaded on to a test 00:09:39.079 --> 00:09:47.560 bench they got to have a lot of test benches yes they do and unlike the 00:09:45.560 --> 00:09:51.720 assembly lines this part of the factory runs 00:09:48.839 --> 00:09:56.720 247 with every single GPU being loaded into a full Windows environment and 00:09:53.800 --> 00:10:02.760 running a combination of AMD diagnostic tools and Enthusiast ones like you in 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:04.320 heaven and furmark but hold on a second 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:08.519 one of these things is not like the other the motherboard's in sideways and 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:14.320 that doesn't look like any desktop graphics card I've ever seen that's cuz 00:10:10.920 --> 00:10:16.519 it's not it's a mobile GPU specifically 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:21.360 the one for investment disclosure framework for the framework 16 massive 00:10:19.839 --> 00:10:26.160 shout out by the way to tul for being willing to take on this weird low volume 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:31.079 product in an effort to make laptops less disposable super cool really 00:10:28.640 --> 00:10:36.120 appreciate you guys guys and appreciate framework too for helping hook us up 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.760 with this tour in the first place oh 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:42.040 sorry sorry it's going back it's going back this next room isn't technically 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:49.120 part of production it's more part of development but on the subject of non- 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:52.760 disposability every new model oh my God 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:56.079 goes through reliability testing in a 45 00:10:52.760 --> 00:10:58.079 degree chamber for an extended period 00:10:56.079 --> 00:11:02.920 burning to ensure that it's not going to have issues out in the field oh this is 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:07.279 truly awful then when they're done in here they go to the Zer degree chamber 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:11.880 to make sure that I don't know you can game in Antarctica coming back to 00:11:09.560 --> 00:11:16.639 production it's time for the final step retail packaging now unfortunately 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:21.560 they're not packaging any gpus right now so half of the line here isn't even in 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:27.880 use but rather they're packing up framework dual m.2 SSD carriers this 00:11:25.160 --> 00:11:31.399 first station is flashing firmware then the serial number of the board gets 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:36.600 paired with the QR code on the sticker for the packaging then it gets begged 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:42.959 boxed boxed into a bigger Master carton box and sent off um everyone gets a 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:46.519 souvenir GPU today right nope they all go here instead where they're staged on 00:11:44.920 --> 00:11:51.720 pallets in preparation for shipping to markets like Hong Kong and probably to 00:11:48.880 --> 00:11:58.200 my friends in the good old usnd a so if you're an American this right here could 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:59.639 be your next GPU that one uh as long as 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:05.079 everything goes according to plan plan if it doesn't it ends up here the team 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:11.000 here handles both internal failures from the production line trying to rework or 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:15.880 Salvage any valuable components as well as failures from end users this station 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:22.000 gives us an error code telling us what exactly is wrong with the card in this 00:12:17.560 --> 00:12:24.639 case it's a bad GPU which means it goes 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:30.000 in the pile and gets transferred over to the other side of the RMA department 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:36.800 where the board gets heat it up and the GPU gets removed then we go to my friend 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:39.040 the baller he takes a brand new GPU 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:43.480 installs it in one of these little Jigs and then he's got these little tiny 00:12:41.560 --> 00:12:46.760 balls of solder that he basically plays you know those little games that you 00:12:45.160 --> 00:12:54.320 play as a kid where you have to get all the little balls and all the little holes well he plays that on a GPU and if 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:57.199 he misses one guess what the cardal 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:01.959 working then it goes in the oven where all of the balls get melted and and it's 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:07.240 ready to be remounted now under normal circumstances when they find a defective 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:09.160 GPU they just send it to AMD to test but 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:14.320 we asked them very nicely to show us the manual reballing process so they did 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:18.120 thanks guys since we were already imposing anyway we asked very nicely if 00:13:16.880 --> 00:13:24.079 they could show off the full capabilities of their latest generation 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:26.440 BGA rework station and put a GPU back on 00:13:24.079 --> 00:13:31.680 for us so my friend is now applying solder paste to the board itself using 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:37.240 using oh okay yeah another mask now the GPU and the prepared board get loaded 00:13:33.959 --> 00:13:39.199 back into the rework station heated 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:43.560 aligned and reapplied obviously guys this is not the 00:13:42.160 --> 00:13:48.760 kind of thing that you would want to do very often but for Diagnostic purposes 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:52.880 sometimes it is necessary what an incredible tour massive shout out to tul 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:56.759 for their Hospitality today and of course framework who helped took us up 00:13:54.360 --> 00:14:02.600 with this tool asked me to just take one of these random 7800 X T Sakura editions 00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:06.639 and put a little signature on it they said if uh if you don't want it they'll 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:11.240 handle the RMA but I'm just going to I don't know put a 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:14.360 little so there you have it if you buy a 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:16.360 7800 XT secure Edition it might be 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:20.639 signed hopefully that's something you want at Linus Media Group the business 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:24.399 team has to do a ton of communication coordination and writing For Better or 00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:28.639 Worse that's where grammarly comes in they're an AI writing partner that works 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:33.560 where you work and upgrading to grammarly premium has saved our business 00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:37.399 team more time thanks to useful features like tone suggestions this ensures that 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:42.880 the tone of the writing is never too formal nor too friendly it's not what 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:47.199 you say but how you say it tone matters now they can tell lus to stop dropping 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