ASUS the First to Fully Automate Graphics Card Production

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ASUS have became the first company to fully automate the production of GPUs, producing the cleanest PCBs we have ever seen and increasing reliability.

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Read more on ASUS' fully automated GPU production here.
 
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I think this will actually decrease failure rates in products as it removes human error from causing any harm to the components. The video ASUS made on this was pretty terrible though ;)
 
Great as this means we should have very low failure rates and hopefully lower prices as they can drop QA for a simple "we make them so good we know less than 1 in N will fail."
 
This is a good move. It will remove human error from the manufacturing, and should therefore make the cards more reliable.
 
But better quality for us!

They could claim that.. it's another thing to actually deliver on that promise.. besides people are losing jobs which is why it's unfortunate, may not effect any of us on this forum, but it effects others out there.. just wait until everything becomes automatic. Then when it ever effectts us it will matter. It has many advantages but just as many disadvantages
 
They could claim that.. it's another thing to actually deliver on that promise.. besides people are losing jobs which is why it's unfortunate, may not effect any of us on this forum, but it effects others out there.. just wait until everything becomes automatic. Then when it ever effectts us it will matter. It has many advantages but just as many disadvantages

To be honest everytime something affects someone in a posisitve way, it probably will affect someone else in a negative way. It sounds kind of bad, but not everyone can be completely satisfied.
 
To be honest everytime something affects someone in a posisitve way, it probably will affect someone else in a negative way. It sounds kind of bad, but not everyone can be completely satisfied.

Still it's easy for us to say this... if it were us who were on the line, we would have say different on the matter. Unfortunate all of this if you ask me.
 
Still it's easy for us to say this... if it were us who were on the line, we would have say different on the matter. Unfortunate all of this if you ask me.

Everything thats better for the consumer is going to be worse for the producer in some kind of way, thats just how it is. Automation is the future and it will take away, but also create jobs.
 
Create jobs in what way?...

Someone needs to maintain the machines, clean, repair, etc. Do you really want all of your PC parts being made on an assembly line of poorly paid workers? Sounds a bit harsh, but I would prefer my GPU to be made by a machine to reduce the chance of any mistakes.
 
Hmmm I beg to differ here guys "solder points on mass production = not good IMO

I beg to differ, while some pcb populating techniques produce poor results, the main factor in getting good results is the layout. You can have the best process in the world, but if your pad spacing is bad or you have via's to close to pads or you have the wrong pad size/shape on the pcb the you'll end up with dry joints and or tombstones (where the components stand on end like little tombstones). I highly doubt Asus employs engineers that are inexperienced in pcb design so they should have no issues with this. Then as long as a good pick and place machine is used and proper heat gradients applied to the solder then quality will be far greater than that of a human assembled board.
 
I'm surprised Apple has not done this years ago with all their complaints, and factory problems. I feel bad about the jobs, but the auto industry has been this way for years. One thing to think about is with this process, baking cards and bringing them back to life will not happen now. You will not be able to reflow the card. This will increase the profits for Asus because people will be forced to buy a new card, and unable to salvage what they have.
 
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