One difference between memory module and motherboard manufacturing is that the printed circuit boards (the modules without any component attached) are stuck together on a panel. Each panel has eight modules. After the module manufacturing process the panel has to be cut, so the modules can be tested and packed – and used, of course.

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Figure 5: Panel with eight modules entering the SMT line.

 
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Figure 6: Panel exiting the SMT insertion machine and entering the soldering oven.

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Figure 7: Employee looking for soldering defects on the modules.

Before being cut apart, the modues are labeled. The same machine does the module labeling and cutting.

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Figure 8: Memory modules after being labeled.