And amazingly, a lot of the work is still done by hand.

令人驚訝的是，生產過程中還是有很多部分是人工組裝。

Gigabyte's Nan Ping factory, about 45 minutes west of Taipei, is the only motherboard factory left in Taiwan.

技嘉科技南平廠位在台北市西邊約 45 分鐘車程處，是全台灣剩下的唯一一個主機板製造工廠。

1,200 employees work here installing, assembling, checking, and packaging motherboards before they're sent out to stores.

在主機板被送到商店以前，1200 名員工在這裡安裝、組裝、檢驗、包裝主機板。

And it all begins here on the 7th floor with these machines that print solder paste onto the base circuit board.

這一切都從七樓開始，這些機器將錫膏印刷在電路板上。

The board then passes through this series of robots that puts components in place.

接下來電路板就會經過這一連串將電子零件安裝上去的機器。

Tiny resistors and capacitors, each about the size of a grain of rice, are fed from these reels.

大概只有一粒米大小的電阻器和電容器會從這些捲盤被放進去。

And factory workers need to keep a constant eye to ensure they don't run out.

而工廠的工人必須一直看著以確保原料不會用完。

If that happens, the production line would stop.

如果沒有及時補料，整個生產線就必須停下來。

Next is a run through in oven that melts the solder so the components become attached to the board.

下一步是經過焊爐讓錫膏熔融，把電子零件固定於電路板上。

This machine behind me is doing optical checking of the boards.

在我身後的這台機器正在進行電路板的光學檢查。

It takes photographs and compares those against a database to make sure that every component is where it should be.

它會拍照並將照片與資料庫裡的照片核對，以確認每個電子零件都有在規定的位置上。

Gigabyte has 10 of these production lines and they all end with a final check by eye before the board is off to the 5th floor.

技嘉有 10 個這種生產線，而它們都以人工肉眼檢查作為電路板被送到五樓前的最後一道手續。

And on the fifth floor, boards begin with another robot, but robots can only do so much.

在五樓，電路板會經過另一個機器，但機器只能做到這樣。

This is where a lot of the manual work begins.

這裡就是大量勞力工作的起始點。

On this line behind me, circuit boards are continuously moving along, and these people are checking the boards and attaching individual components.

所以在我身後的這條生產線，電路板正在輸送帶上移動，而這些員工正在檢查並將個別的零件黏上去。

While tiny components can be automatically placed, larger components like some capacitors, memory sockets, and audio connectors are done by hand.

儘管小零件可以用自動化機器放上去，但大一點的零件，像是一些電容器、記憶體插槽和端子必須要手工安裝。

Each operator at each workstation is responsible for a number of components, and they need to work fast to keep the line going.

每個工作站的操作員都負責要安裝好幾個零件，他們的動作必須很快才能維持生產線的進行。

All the while, a robot scoots around the floor delivering components so they don't run out.

在這段時間裡，一台機器人會到處滑行、遞送零件給操作員，這樣就不會有零件短缺的問題了。

At the end of the line, there's another soldering process and series of checks before the board goes down again, this time to the second floor.

而在生產線的尾端，在電路板被運送到二樓前，還有另一道焊接的程序和一系列的檢查。

And it's here where the packaging process begins.

二樓就是包裝程序的起始點。

Machines punch out boxes and operators add accessories like cables and put the boards in bags to prevent damage.

機器會將盒子組裝好，而操作員會把像是電纜等附件放進盒子裡，並把主機板放入袋子中以免損傷。

The driver disc and a manual added, and then the boards are put into the boxes.

放入驅動程式光碟和一本說明手冊，然後再把主機板放入盒子中。

Throughout the process everything is scanned to ensure the correct components are going with the correct motherboards

在這個過程中，所有的物件都必須經過掃描以確保附件和主機板是互相吻合的。

And at the end of this line, as all of the components are put into boxes, this is what we end up with.

在這條生產線的最後，所有零件都已被裝進箱子裡，這就是我們得到的成品。

Piles of motherboards ready to ship out.

成堆的主機被已經準備好要出貨了。

The Nan Ping factory accounts for about a quarter of Gigabyte's motherboard production.

南平廠負責技嘉科技約四分之一的主機板製造。

And on this line and others in this factory and elsewhere, boxes of motherboards are continually produced, eventually ending up in PCs around the world.

在南平廠裡的這條和其他條生產線，仍正不停地生產著主機板，最終成為全世界的人使用的電腦。

And that's how a motherboard is made.

這就是主機板的製造過程。