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The Making of a Motherboard at ECS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-the-hood dept.

sheiky writes "Hardcoreware.net has posted a look at the manufacturing process of a motherboard at a new ECS factory in Shen Zhen. Unlike most factories, they build boards from the ground up at one location, starting with the PCB all the way to a finished product. They also talk a little bit about the working conditions they witnessed in China."

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  1. Chinese work conditions by seanadams.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    ECS uses the "Grape System" to remind their employees not to slack off. For each day, there is a grape. Green means they had a perfect day, with no problems with work or otherwise. If an employee slacks off or shows up late for work, they get a red grape.

    And I toil for what?!? Not so much as a raisin!

    1. Re:Chinese work conditions by Herkum01 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I love thier last comment about the workers, "I think ECS' employees take great pride in their hard work, even though they are getting paid very little in comparison to bloated unionized factories". There is not a bit of biase there I tell ya!

  2. Re:Unions by pete-classic · · Score: 3, Funny

    China is still Communist, right? So the workers control the means of production. So who the hell is the union going to fight?

    -Peter

  3. ECS Extreme by llZENll · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Once packaged, random boards are put through shock tests to make sure their lot will survive the shipping process. The number of boards that go through this testing procedure is higher for high end products such as ECS' "EXTREME" lineup."

    So if you buy an EXTREME board and get pissed at your computer, you can throw it a little harder against the wall. Cool!

  4. Re:Was this article written by the Chinese? by goofyheadedpunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you didn't have to be a janitor?

    --

    What if the entire Universe were a chrooted environment with everything symlinked from the host?
  5. Union Mafia bastards! by mobby_6kl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since everyone else here decided to skip all the boring talk about the technology involved and jump right into a flamewar, I hereby submit my contribution.