They Turned off this GPU Factory For Me!

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PowerColor and Framework gave Linus access to a GPU factory while they were in Taiwan for Computex! Every wonder how a GPU is made, then watch this video! Including RMA, hand soldered parts and more!
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Tour Begins!
2:53 Tooling Process
5:26 A Finished GPU! almost....
6:28 Hand Placed Parts
7:39 Manual Inspection
8:40 Installing Coolers
9:42 Testing the Finished GPUs
10:39 Long term testing
11:10 Packing Line
12:02 RMA Process
15:07 Outro

[@LinusTechTips]

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[@BOBBISKET]

Hi omg I’m first this is so cool and the video hi Linus can we get another studio tour please 🙏

[@random-vids112]

i already have an account

[@Sparklingtube]

wow

[@Mrpuggo0322]

How is your comment 5 minutes older then the vid?

[@TechnoYacy]

Bet

[@altogumanator3000]

That solder waterfall is some of the most willy-wonka shit I've ever seen

[@sajhino]

Forbidden silver chocolate

[@oboemanandy]

It smells horrible. When those things get cleaned it's like a toxic waste spill

[@ipohertroyanov464]

07:17

[@ipohertroyanov464]

07:17

[@HappyDude1]

I want one next to my pc

[@crispycritical]

linus is lucky he didn't drop the factory by accident

[@Hokhahey]

Linus could astronomically increase GPU prices again if he isn't careful

[@danzjz3923]

What the-

[@woixv]

We Taiwan are facing earthquakes everyday, a tiny drop from Linus isnt a big impact.

[@ThelolipopCreeper]

@@woixv You underestimate his power.

[@xanderplayz3446]

linus drop tips

[@agentholmes369]

This factory tour has the be one of the best ( if not the actually the best) factory tours on the KZbin, as an industrial electronic technician i trained under a pcb manufacturer ( they are specialized in ipc level 2 & 3 electronics) This tour had it all, from the components getting first visual inspection when it's arrived to the factory, R&D on new products, manual reworking on ICs/ chips to the packaging ( quality control is whole another story ) Using Mantis ( its like a microscope ) to inspect visual deformation in SMD or THT components ( usually that's goes through least 3 inspectors to verify absolute best quality products )

[@FaonPage]

you should see their tour of the intel fab in Israel, this one is also very impressive

[@qwertyferix]

If you haven't seen the factory tour videos by GamersNexus, it sounds like you'd love those.

[@HFV_Junkyardin]

I work in a small machine shop making tooling for manufacturing. We have a smaller flat stone like that. It is so satisfying when you make a part and it’s just completely flat.

[@michaelmayhem350]

I'm pretty sure they shut down the factory to minimize what Linus could accidentally break

[@powerfulshammy]

PowerColor Linus edition. When you buy 1 it's already a door stop 😂.

[@fitybux4664]

Or, more accurately, if something does break, it doesn't get multiplied 100x over in the entire process. If they're running the line 100x slower, they're more likely to find the bug he creates.

[@indiandudebehind2342]

Yes he almost broke the die😅

[@AndreiKucharavy]

Yup - there was a protective tape around the STOP button on the oven, most likely specifically to avoid Linus shutting down equipment that would take days to restart.

[@Grim-pb9ww]

I can see that happening

[@tamparockout17]

9:50 - start time 06/06/2024 This was actually recorded, edited, and uploaded in 24 hours. Dang

[@unicodefox]

you can see at 9:50 the time on the PC is 10:13A, assuming its in CST (UTC+8, or 2:13 UTC), and the video was released 22:22 (UTC), that would be 20 hours, to finish the rest of the tour, get the footage, edit and upload

[@tamparockout17]

@@unicodefox pretty good considering most videos are 1 month or so after they record

[@Nderak]

holy lack of tape delay batman

[@KevwePatani]

This is genuinely impressive!

[@jonathanshapiro6593]

Hope they aren’t rushing that much on their other vids…

[@danilka1802]

I think they still need to stop production sometimes for equipment maintenance and other things.

[@ChristopherKlepel]

Phenomenal video. These factory tours are by far my favorite. So much fun to see.

[@whitnes_]

Imagine some one asks you "whats your job?" And you just reply with "i am a baller, a professional baller at a GPU factory"

[@vracaze]

Hes balling

[@DreamTerrorist]

crazy that northwestrepair reballs GPUs in his dinky little room with his own gadgets and tools

[@benwu7980]

It's just that maybe Linus wishes he was a little bit taller.... /jk

[@TetraSky]

I fully expect someone who has never heard of Linus getting that signed card wondering if they got a used one.

[@KevwePatani]

That's exactly what came to mind when he said they wouldn't want it Couldn't imagine some buying a GPU and not knowing LTT, then I could

[@fitybux4664]

​@@KevwePatani Customer service likely isn't going to RMA the card, they'll just say "wipe it with alcohol, it comes right off".

[@TheXshot]

​@@fitybux4664He literally said that RMA will handle it.

[@meneldal]

@@fitybux4664 Of they can tell them to sell it on ebay for 50% extra on purchase price since someone would want it.

[@ChippTheFox]

They literally said they'll handle the rma....

[@zeroxception]

I used to work at a motherboard placem operating a pasting machine and also doing visual QA after the ovens. It amazes me how much better these facilities have got over the years.

[@dtibor5903]

I worked for 12 years in electronics manufacturing. This factory seems to have pretty good pick and place machines but everything else is pretty standard and the shop floor is not that nice. And i'm a bit puzzled why they still wear mask.

[@clerooth]

​@@dtibor5903whats your issue with the shop floor not being "nice"? It could be a lot worse, I work at SMT lines that are way less organized and have way more clutter. The masks are likely to decrease chances of FOD defects, I doubt its a full clean room because this is just class 1 for consumers.

[@anthonylee7635]

@@clerooth i work in quality for a small electronics aircraft manufacturer. We make life critical electronical actuators and have a huge process for cleanliness. Seems like they are doing a good job. i wonder if the floor is esd safe. Seems like everything else (chairs, desk, equipment) but we have esd floors that cost a small fortune.

[@Melchirobin]

Now I see why Linus went to Computex. I thought Linus avoided traveling for work if he can avoid it but I’m sure u cannot get too bored of factory tours. Very cool to see the process and hope there is a more in depth discussion on the WAN show.

[@jamieknight326]

Ha yeah. I had wondered the same… he must have traveled for something more compelling than a few product videos. I also wonder if LTT are looking to bring out PC components of their own and Linus was talking to ODMs or involved in Framework related discussions. I’ve really enjoyed the videos this week. Feels like classic LTT content, energetic and engaging :)

[@draconian_torch6251]

I love factory walkthroughs like this, I watched a lot of How It's Made back in the day

[@joshuadawes7032]

I was ADDICTED to How It's Made. Best part of the Discovery network that ever existed.

[@Nomadmandude]

How it's made and popular mechanics magazine shows how amazing and super duper precise humanity truly is.

[@johnnybhd1094]

That and Modern Marvels were awesome!

[@DICE42FRAG]

Stole my comment before i knew it.

[@TheLivingMartyr1]

They're hands down the best videos LTT does. I get why they are uncommon, but's its always a treat to see them.

[@Fishvap]

Holy crap, this is incredible. Framework is a G for getting you the opportunity to temporarily reduce production for a GPU manufacturer. Huge props to you guys for sharing this really interesting behind the scenes of the process that creates our computers! ❤

[@Hardesteen]

They probably had some inspection or maintenance going on having to cut production anyway but yeah still pretty cool

[@Dragoon710]

I doubt they stopped production just so they could film a youtube video lol

[@mexifry222]

It's advertising for them.

[@tmtmrm]

Scheduled down time. Happens with factory lines all the time, otherwise maintenance doesn't take place. No maintenance means more likely a catastrophic break happens and shuts down the lines for days or weeks.

[@IBims1Mark]

FURRY UwU

[@FLYlas]

7:11 the security guard freezing like “crap I just walked into the shot” 😂

[@krysin]

This was really awesome to see! Thankyou for letting LTT visit and make this video :)

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

This video honestly sold me on PowerColor products lmao I love the transparency in the manufacturing process. Not to mention, the consumer usage testing to ensure the cards will run well for normal usage.

[@trajectoryunown]

Seriously. For some reason, I was under the impression that PowerColor was some sketchy, low-quality brand. This tour really changed my opinion. I had no idea how significant they were in the industry.

[@Hathos9]

@@trajectoryunown They make some of the best AMD GPUs with their Red Devil and Liquid Devil lines.

[@craiglortie8483]

@@trajectoryunown most people think that because they are one of a few amd only card makers. they got fed up with nvidia's stuff and went full amd.

[@MikeDawson1]

this was the point of them shutting the factory down for 3 hours

[@Steve.._.]

​@@trajectoryunown"for some reason" I wouldn't fault you if it was because of the name 'PowerColor' 😅

[@jordanabendroth6458]

7:24 the fact you didn't call this a liquid solderfall is a huge missed opportunity

[@Kuzler]

Genius

[@mysticgreg]

And now here's Solderfall... "I said maybeeeeeee....."

[@Steelgearz88]

My favorite part!

[@darkromano_]

That was an awesome walkthrough, I hope there is more like this one in the future!

[@samthixos1746]

It's remarkable how similar the fabrication process these GPUs are to most other PCB fabs. My previous job was configuring and training PCB fabs on a brand of automatic solder inspection machines, and the production lines are almost identical ! Just scaled down/less fast here and there.

[@clerooth]

What did you think they were? You must not have worked there for long. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Yes GPUs are PCBs. Any part in your computer that has electricity going through it thats not a cable is a PCB. Without PCBs there are no computers. Its hard to remember who they identify as deep down, but beneath all the plating, cases and large fans, they identify as PCBs too. 😂

[@zxqhyr]

you can tell that linus was really excited and enjoying this.

[@drek9k2]

You know honestly the times that LINUS is legitimately and sincerely excited, and not just doing the salesmanship pitch he's been trained to do since NCIX, not that fake American smile but the legitimate and SINCERE smile, is the times the video is the actual best because the subject is often the best. Like that ancient twinboard SLI GPU with a PCI and a PCI-E connector from some air craft simulator, that was just magical. Or discussing CRT or the very first widescreen monitor that was basically just multiple monitors glued together and weighed as much as a tractor. Those are truly special and let's be honest, we might watch product reviews because we're bored or looking for dull business, but we're here with things like this because we're intrigued and it's tech and it's magical. Like really the most hyped product is the e-waste of yesteryear, the same exact way something with the most shiniest of muh grafix is so utterly forgotten no one even knows it existed because it has no S-O-U-L like games with much worse graphics did like Planescape and Baldur's Gate and Fallout, or Starcraft, and ten years from now people might still remember Darkest Dungeon and Darkwood for that very same reason. Because graphics is ultimately meaningless, it's the soul that counts. Something being so overhyped and shiny and new might be stellar on the sleak triple A polish point but we all openly ridicule triple A shitfests at this point for those reasons, overly high production values which consistently underperform and fail to deliver and that's what the 40 series felt to me. Meanwhile Cyberpunk 2077 actually redeemed itself in my eye, that was one of the most memorable games I played. I mean it was nothing groundbreaking, it had so many areas it could be better, it was never anything like a real RPG and the story itself wasn't like the best in the world, but it always held a special place in my heart. And getting there as some random consumer hardware, like the 8800GT, GTX 1080ti, or to an extent 5700XT and 6800XT and GTX 980, to where we remember it later, this takes effort. People don't talk about the R7 270x. But people don't talk about the RTX 2080ti either. But we DO all clearly remember the LASER DISC episode. That was awesome. I love finding weirdo random old tech. And I love seeing how these things is made.

[@DeffecX]

​@@drek9k2 Are you ok ?

[@wildcatlh]

At times he sounded like a little kid who just walked into Disney World for the first time.

[@Sizukun1]

Granite surface places are wild: the lab grade ones are flat to the millionths of inches over several feet. The calibration tools are even wilder detecting stuff smaller than white blood cells.

[@Friedbrain11]

I had to use one to measure tools I put in a 3axis CNC mill. It was amazing just what you find out when you have a surface like that to work with.

[@jamieknight326]

They are amazing. The reference plates for calibrating HASS CNC mills are so precise that it’s equivalent to the width of a human hair against the height of the Empire State Building.

[@treborrrrr]

I visited one of our manufacturers that had one of these types of plates with a big gantry over it with a measuring probe for checking accuracy of the parts they were producing. Not really thinking about it I put my hand against it as I was standing there listening and immediately got told to take my hand off the table. Reason being that the slight change in temperature would throw their measurements off. The whole room was temperature controlled as well.

[@widdly-scuds]

Is there a reason granite is used for this? More mechanically stable in that it holds measurement better/longer? I understand not using metals with corrosion and the temperature changes it's dimensions

[@marilynman]

@@widdly-scuds For this case it would be rigidity and high dimensional stability.

[@JeroenGeldhof1]

I used to work in one of these factories in Belgium. Unfotunately the competition from abroad was high. Still nice to see this again.

[@chris72092]

It’s so nice to have SMT covered so clearly. I supervise SMT Lines in the USA. I work on Medical, and Defense boards so I can’t simply show the people in my life what it is I manage(it would be a felony haha). I will now be referring them to this video. Awesome job!!!

[@TheLdoubleE]

1:37 "Keep Door Closed At All Times". Linus proceeds to pimp walk in and leaves door open.

[@fitybux4664]

For temperature stability reasons. Linus just introduced some more randomness into their batch testing. 😆

[@neil_surya]

I saw that and was like wait a sec WHAT

[@sleepywatcher3528]

This is the type of content that keeps me subscribed. Very few other tech content creators have the clout and reputation to be able to do this.

[@samueldelhi]

yea man

[@RainbowGin]

This was awesome. I really wish you get to see more factory tours like this!

[@cj_zak1681]

I can't usually get to the end of factory tour vids but this one is brilliant. Love the energy, stayed to the end. Great work

[@RyanJewell]

2:38 ... Linus: it's done, it's out! Worker in back: -_-

[@Irondragon1945]

Nothing wrong with being Asian

[@DeathCubeKX]

@@Irondragon1945 Lmao I see what you did there...

[@Thunderclap117]

I think that was a security guard or something

[@the_undead]

I think Linus asked for some bad units to be placed on the table for demonstrative purposes in the video and I suspect the person giving the tour knew exactly where this was going and accepted it

[@SatanDotExe]

9:42 that's crazy that they use consumer load testing applications in a factory

[@Iaotle]

If it ain't broke...

[@SilentMustang]

Don't fix it

[@egocd]

Wonder if they need and paid for commercial licenses 😅

[@niklasmirrazeghi3560]

I mean it makes sense, beyond factory tested environments, being able to stress test in the same way as the consumer to prove card reliability makes perfectly good sense.

[@junkice6930]

It makes sense. I mean, what better way to know a product is going to work on consumer software than to run consumer software on it?

[@DeathRyder33]

thank you guys for showing this, this was amazing, i was always curious how these where made

[@doctorlovera]

4:57 It's a shame these guys don't watch the LinusTechTips channel. They would have known that Linus tends to drop "The really good stuff" "The Linus effect" was there even before Linus arrived. He had already dropped factory production.

[@scarthy]

This is so cool to watch, and seeing just how many times every single card gets checked in practically each stage of the production process really instills a feeling of "I can buy a GPU from these guys with confidence". One of my favourite videos of the year, easy

[@Navi_xoo]

This is a highly sanitized version of the reality of the manufacturing process not like it actually is in production.

[@tancar2004]

I've been an Nvidia guy for the past 25 years but they're just too expensive anymore. At Christmas when I built a new system for my nephew I went with a PowerColor RX7800 XT Hellhound, good board. When it comes time to replace my 3080 I'll probably replace it with a PowerColor GPU. The granite table brought back memories. We had one of those at my old job. We used it to test springs in a test rig that had to be perfectly balanced and level. The springs took 10 minutes to build and 2.5 hours to test. The scary part was the test rig was running on a 20 year old PC that required Windows XP to work. So glad I got laid off before that PC broke.

[@jamieknight326]

I wish I could go down the AMD path. I really want them to succeed. The issue is CUDA support, OpenCL is great but it’s not supported by many of the application I use within my work. The AMD option can easily be 4-8x slower for the same tasks. I’m hoping AMD’s increased focus on AI will result in improvements to their GPU Compute performance. I wonder if the US government may move to force NVIDIA to open up CUDA to other platforms in the future due to concerns around monopoly or in the interest of national defence & avoiding a single supplier situation.

[@frosthammer917]

Old OS needing to be used is a hilariously sad part of a lot of engineering. I was in an university lab where a piece of equiment literally needed a PC with windows 98 on it to work. Next to it was a new win 10 PC(this was a couple years ago) to do everything else other than run that one piece of software.

[@LatitudeSky]

Same here. Had been an Nvidia and EVGA customer going back to the GeForce 2 I believe. With EVGA out of the picture, I ended up with a RedDevil and I love it. Would buy again 100%.

[@lukasschmidt9555]

PowerColor came a long way, they are the best AMD partner, super innovative, others just slap coolers around, they dont even care much about details. PowerColor for example is the only AMD partner that actually have a trully all white card, with white pcb, heatsink, cables... all the details.

[@Blaze-mt4ij]

Thanks for making these videos, there are not many times you get to actually see what these factories are like and understand the possesses that go into making things that we use every day. These videos always answer questions I have had and thank you

[@brandongoken8033]

Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible! This was absolutely incredible to see and understand. Absolutely amazing.

[@MarcSpctr]

imagine footage getting corrupted for such an important shoot.

[@ma1ccel]

why would you even say something so awful

[@Nderak]

?

[@komi_maru]

I just use Untrunc.

[@deepaknanda1113]

Their is always a backup....if u dont know.

[@lagaffe91]

NO WAY THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPENNING ! I love theses factory videos, thank you so much guys !

[@mudearth]

Thanks Linus for the video! I'm also in electronics manufacturing, and this isn't the craziest line that I've seen. Anti theft tags or Sim cards are basically small PCB and the machines are astonishingly fast. The bare PCB comes in a spool which is unwound, solder is placed, then components are baked on, its gets die cut and rollend into a new spool, ready to go. It does at a few miles per hour and lloks like a H R Giger giant cassette player

[@sinesaii]

Is it true you guys get bad pay because the job is cool?

[@mudearth]

@@sinesaii lol the pay is ok as far as im concerned. The issue with this kind of electronics is that its high volume, low margin, so it's high risk low reward compared to professional audio or military stuff for example

[@lynxoflight72]

Such a cool video! Love these factory tours.

[@stumpythedwarf8712]

Thank you Linus and team for this video tour. I worked in the PCB fabrication industry for 28 years, so I've seen that first hand, (I worked in the wet process areas of this industry. Thankfully, I'm retired from that work, the chemicals involved are pretty nasty. I have scars from chemical burns.) However, I've never seen how components were installed using modern methods. Very cool stuff. PCB worker, 1983-2012, I guess that's 29 years. Do I miss it? Noooo.

[@jamieknight326]

Thanks for sharing. That sounds like a heck of a career. Did you move into something else after or have you retired now?

[@stumpythedwarf8712]

@@jamieknight326 I'm only 60 yo, I'm not old enough to retire. I've worked at HD for over 11 years now, and couldn't be happier. I'm going for my 20 year patch, and then I'm out. I'll be 69, and still in great shape physically, do to my activity level at work.

[@jamieknight326]

@@stumpythedwarf8712 thanks for the info. Hope the next 9 years with HD go smoothly and you enjoy your retirement when it comes. Best wishes :)

[@SaarN1337]

I love seeing these factory tours, they really make you appreciate the specific vendors. Pretty solid way to pull new customers. Would love to see Sapphire's factory as well

[@Daniel_Nye]

0:55 Missed opportunity to have the tagine be "Restore to factory settings" or something along those lines. Other than that, awesome, very interested in seeing how things are made like this

[@KangoV]

Haha, i remember writing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for Dolby Labs back in the day that handled the manufacture/movement/tracking of boards all through production. I remember interfacing to all those machines (pick/place, ICT (testing), Flow solder, SMT (top/bottom). Testing was done with a Scorpion Flying Probe test machine. We had to knock a hole ion the side of the building to get it in. We also had fault tracking to enable heat mapping of failures on the boards at testing stations. Wow, this brings it all back. Nice video.

[@jackielinde7568]

Today I Learned: Apparently, I'm now Linus's friend? Sorry, Linus, My truck is permanently parked, and no I won't help you to move.

[@tamparockout17]

It's crazy that "future" tech that consumers will be able to buy in 2+ years currently exists and running in RD labs. That state of the art 4090 gpu that just came out actually existed when the 3080 was released. Hell, there's probably a 6080 in a lab somewhere.

[@Unknown_Genius]

Well, gotta test that stuff properly prior. I just hope they don't put out more and more power tho, running a modern PC honestly has gotten somewhat expensive at this point, if we keep that up and expand on it too fast we'll end up with a line up that no one wants at some point for the sole reason of it not being worth it anymore

[@BrunoVentura22]

Actually i'm 100% sure that there is no 6080 in that lab, because PowerColor works only with AMD kkkkkkkkkkkkk (but I got what you said)

[@meneldal]

2+ years out most of the time it's not even at the silicon stage, they're still running a bunch of simulations on the design typically. It's possible you have the first silicon iteration at that point but it will definitely be revised by the time it gets to the release product.

[@jamieknight326]

I’ve not worked with GPUs so it’s not quite the same, but for broadcast chain equipment what’s currently being sold is normally at least 2 generation behind what’s in the lab. Back in ~2010 HD broadcasts were still fairly new, but we had 4K & 8K tech in the labs at my old job. It was a surreal experience to be playing with fibre optic connected storage systems for cameras which could read and write data faster than system RAM in my laptop. A few years ago the same tech was used for the Glasgow Games. The video gallery was in London, but it was working as if it was on site in Glasgow. Each frame could get to London faster than the 16ms it took to display the same frame on the viewfinder screen on the back of the camera. It’s an exciting process seeing tech come to life.

[@AstralDragn]

@@jamieknight326 This is the entire reason things get better though, both consumer side and manufacturer side. Because things are getting better and they need more powerful support structures. Imagine if there wasn't a need to increase internet speeds, we'd still be on dial-up, and the reason internet speeds increased is more than likely probably because of both widespread usage and manufacturers finding uses of high speed/bandwidth applications.

[@taylorharper1251]

It's actually quite awesome that you happen to be touring this exact manufacturer because I'm in the process of building a current gen PC and was looking at a PowerColor GPU!

[@mrsuperselenio5694]

This was awesome. To more production/ assembly line videos like this in the future.

[@that1guyinthebackoftheroom717]

Nice to see where my 7800 XT Sakura Helhound is being made (I still haven't ordered it yet)

[@sinesaii]

I had no idea there were hellhounds in Sakura.

[@stinky-2319]

I work in a US based PCB manufacturing facility and I'm surprised they don't have a robotic arm for the through-hole components after SMT, I guess they just need more manual precision and know-how for a process as precise as making GPUs Also those ORT rooms are brutal. Glad you got to feel it

[@Demopans5990]

Think it's more because consumer GPUs are a low volume product at the end of the day, so it don't make a ton of sense for such a robot.

[@Yomammafatboiiii]

@@Demopans5990bruh how are they low volume lmao

[@HoshinoMirai]

@@Yomammafatboiiii Compared to other PCBs and commercial grade GPUs, consumer grade GPUs are nothing but a tiny fraction in terms of volumes.

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@Yomammafatboiiii last time I checked no consumer bought multiple GPUs a week or even month. we literally stick with our GPUs until either a new line up that we really want comes or we have to upgrade because we didn't want to for multiple years. Edit: so yes, low volume.

[@htoomyatlin123]

@@Yomammafatboiiii AMD gpus are low volume compared to Nvidia.

[@MrDanMeman]

It absolutely blows my mind how each step in the process has been thought out and designed down to intricate details. And it's someone's job to design and build machines that perform all these tasks.

[@_wintermuted]

I just recently purchased a Powercolor Hellhound and honestly it’s so great to see all the hand workmanship and care that is taken in production.

[@burningglory2373]

Use to intern for lighting company. We made all our power supplies in the states and they were smart controlled powersupplies. We had pretty much all of this equipment runing to build light smart psu's in Urbandale, IA.

[@user-px1wj2uv3r]

Been working in a tech-lab for a while now and I always thought it would make an awesome video. Happy to see it finally happen!

[@Skrin19]

Wait a minute, the LTT backpack doesn't have a water bottle pocket on the outside??? New, smaller backpack leak?

[@noobulon4334]

Could have been a production sample

[@NL-Chaos]

Would that not be a downgrade then?

[@the_undead]

​@noobulon4334 no, they always intended on having the water bottle on the inside for the original backpack

[@Fasand]

Damn you're right, that's definitely not the LTT backpack but the accent orange looks very LTT. It looks really sleak. 00:27

[@Metal_Maxine]

Linus said on the last WAN that he was going to be field testing the smaller backpack prototype.

[@JeffGeerling]

7:30 I'm glad Canadians also call it "sodder" :)

[@Protoaster]

i am too

[@spagettech]

Poor L, he must be feeling lonely

[@SomeDudeInBaltimore]

They're "'Murica with British characteristics."

[@joshuamusser8893]

What else is it called

[@the_undead]

As a general rule of thumb in Canada, if there's a difference pronunciation between the US and the UK both are correct here. Same for spelling, generally, we will do things the American way because many more Canadians interact with Americans than with Europeans so it's just easier to do with the American way. However, you can absolutely find Canadians that will say everything the European way. They're just quite rare

[@Merk555]

Reminds me of my old job as an engineer at a brake pedal assembly company...we had 2 SMT lines for making the circuit boards. Watching rhe Pick and Place going at full speed is so cool...kinda like printing but with components instead of ink dots....not fun when things jam up though.

[@semperinumbra]

I had to do PCB wave solder for ignition modules in automobiles and this factory feels like home to me. The amount of maintenance these machines require is hefty too and a heck of a skillset

[@koijoijoe]

Dude Framework 16 SSD carrier confirmed! Crazy they let that get shown like that. SO GLAD the Expansion Bay is getting more parts!

[@brianb6653]

I literally came here to ask WTF that is lol. I assume this is something that would possibly be used in lieu of discrete GPU

[@koijoijoe]

@brianb6653 yupp the expansion bay has an 8 lane pcie connection and the idea is to be able to put all kinds of things there. Being able to upgrade/replace the GPU is just the primary purpose. Im hoping for an extra battery actually lol

[@jamieknight326]

@@koijoijoeI didn’t realise this. That’s epic. I’m really tempted to go the framework route for my next machine :)

[@bradhaines3142]

​@@koijoijoewouldnt need pice for a 2nd battery though

[@smorrow]

If it's NVMe-only it will have no active components. Exactly the type of thing hobbyists would have been making and selling on Tindie if they weren't already.

[@hunterrcrafter]

I always love the factory tour videos!

[@lilv728]

I love these LTT videos. These must be the most amazing tours irl

[@Krowynd]

Awesome & unique video. Thanks for taking us along!

[@tallgeese3pilot]

as a Red Devil 7900xtx owner, this is flippin' awesome to watch!

[@random-vids112]

This is why LTT is the best tech youtuber, •good sponsor segues •and is able to have a factory go at 1/3 speed for him

[@WayStedYou]

they dont want to rush him or he might drop something into their expensive machinery

[@random-vids112]

@@WayStedYou true lol

[@jamieknight326]

Loving these videos. They are beautifully shot :)

[@fups1]

Amazing video thank you LTT and Powercolor!

[@Stampylongbow]

always love the factory tour videos!

[@demomanca]

Sick video, always awesome to see behind the scenes of hardware manufacturing.

[@Species-lj8wh]

Yes those ORT rooms are brutal. Remember doing QA for HP laser printers. And the different rooms. 0c and the 45c at 100% humidity were the worse. But the low humidity was quite uncomfortable as well.

[@jamieknight326]

Total agree on low humidity being wildly uncomfortable. I spent time prodding server hardware a while back and the room was kept at ~6% humidity and 18c. The cold wasn’t an issue but the low humidity felt like the moisture was being sucked out of my skin.

[@ChengHorn9]

Being able to put something like this on the internet for public viewing is so great. These are the kinds of jobs and industries you don't normally get exposure to, but are absolutely necessary. Thank you to everyone involved for making this tour happen and put on KZbin.

[@senorf999]

I thought the heatsink and fan would have been put on via a machine not manually this was so informative.

[@jamieknight326]

A few years ago I was chatting to an automation engineer who explained that small light things & big heavy things are fast with a robot. However small heavy things (like a GPU cooler) are very hard to do with a robot. It’s to do with the ration between the mass of the object being placed and the mass of the moving parts of the robot. The small motors don’t have the torque needed to move dense objects, and the large motors are hard to control accurately when the ratio of object mass to robot mass gets too low He did tell me the name for the concept but I can’t remember it. Was a neat chat, he travels the UK helping companies set up automated production lines. I kinda wish I’d done mechatronics at uni as it seemed like a cool and varied job.

[@lemagreengreen]

Yeah they never seem to be, certainly not in any graphics card factory video I have seen.

[@ArranPage]

1 minute in and Linus hasnt dropped anything yet - I feel a disturbance in the force.

[@balsalmalberto8086]

This meme is needs to be dropped

[@fitybux4664]

There's nice video evidence so they can go back every machine he was near and make sure it is still calibrated correctly. 😆

[@MoonLiteNite]

@5:15 wow, i am shocked that the parts are manually loaded.... seeing that done on CPUs/chips is like from back in 2004 timeframe...

[@Respectable_Username]

I'm super surprised just how much of the process is still manual! Big shout out to all the workers and the incredible skill it takes to be so precise to reproduce the same steps over and over again so reliably at scale! ❤

[@IntelArcTesting]

Love these tours.

[@swegfesh]

0:01 bro be living in 1939

[@jacobramirez4894]

Ayo

[@FLX1309]

Naaah

[@mmmbe3r893]

In my previous role I was a commodity manager which entailed procuring a lot of PCBA and raw components, this brings back a lot of memories touring factories with SMT lines.

[@Bonderar]

I love thes tours, it's so cool to see how tech is made.

[@NovaProtogen]

Honestly power color makes some of the best looking white cards for AMD and looks better then the Nvidia gpus too

[@CrashJayGaming]

Super awesome! Hopefully the one you signed ends up with a fan!

[@fitybux4664]

It had onlyfans.

[@spongeyperson]

I just love watching this on my PowerColor GPU, while watching a video of how it was made, in possibly the exact factory it was made in.

[@Bunnunoox]

I love the factory walk throughs! I know they are hard to arrange, but "how it's made" style content is captivating.

[@TetraSky]

You know... the one thing I am most surprised about... Is the components reel. I never imagined it would be like that. Totally thought it would be like the rivets for a drivmatic machine for aerospace, where the components are put in a vibrating bowl that makes them go up and fall into tubes in the right orientation to be placed quickly (Vibratory Bowl Feeders).

[@Nova-dy6fq]

I work in aerospace and these reels are exactly what the helicoils we install on some parts come in.(our plant installs by hand though). The granite surface was also familiar.

[@jamieknight326]

I can’t find the link right now but the raspberry pi foundation had a brilliant video about how the reels work. The way the parts are picked up and slide out is very clever. Crazy combination of precision and speed.

[@SmolPotatowo]

I imagine vibrating sensitive computer parts in a big bowl could risk some damage.

[@hubeb69]

Holy fuck that's cool

[@CharlieBrendl]

I really enjoyed the tour! It was both entertaining and educational. Great job!

[@harsh5424-wastaken]

This kind of stuff is so cool to see! I wouldn't mind watching an uncut version (floatplane exclusive idea maybe?)

[@loafnugget3088]

Linus can turn off anything, wow 👌

[@zizimugen4470]

8:25 uh huh. “SaCURE-a” is how to say that Japanese word. 🤦

[@doufmech4323]

I really appreciate you showing the rma part, which is usally ignored in such videos!

[@Dazzaster84]

These fab tours are some of LTTs best work, I feel. With the combined experience of the crew, it's great to see how the tools of their trade get made, as it were.

[@simi_mini2020]

14:08 News: 7800 xt GPU sales increased by 100000%

[@blaxxteam]

true

[@winterworld1958]

Ladies and gentlemen. We have spotted a new facial meme of Linus from Linus Tech Tips starting at 0:27 timestamp.

[@lloydc5736]

Enjoyed seeing the excited little kid, in Linus come out to play, like a small child in a candy store, made my day, thanks LLT for the video!

[@brugvp]

this is one of the coolest ltt videos ever together with the other fab tours

[@iambenmitchell]

Yooo a video of a GPU factory tour?? This gonna be hot (very hot if Nvidia hahahahhahahaha)

[@JustH3LL_]

Feels wrong being this early

[@Madpegasusmax]

Nice Video , it was a very nice gesture from the factory to let you show us how a GC is made , it helps to understand the price of a GC is linked to the production line , the solder waterfall is OMG WoW

[@KWOW32]

15 minutes isn't enough for these tours, so cool to watch.

[@aRandomHomelabber]

Holy shit this is cool