Kinpak Factory Tour (Cont’d)

On Figure 5 you can see a chart with the anatomy of a memory chip.

click to enlarge
Figure 5: Anatomy of a memory chip.

The packing is a very delicate process. All machinery and people work in a clean environment and that’s why we couldn’t go inside the memory chip manufacturing facility – a single dust particle could ruin the whole process –, but we could see it thru a glass window.

click to enlarge
Figure 6: Overall view from the machinery used.

click to enlarge
Figure 7: Here an employee is performing the wire bond process, i.e. adding wires to the silicon chip (the golden wire on Figure 5).

click to enlarge
Figure 8: These ladies are working on quality control.

This is pretty much of it, since we couldn’t step inside and take pictures of all steps in the memory chip manufacturing. After finishing the process in this factory, the chips are all black (unlabeled) and untested or UTT as called by the industry experts. From here the memory chips go to Kingmax’s factory where they will be tested, labeled and assembled on a memory module.

Total or partial reproduction of the contents of this site, as well as that of the texts available for downloading, be this in the electronic media, in print, or any other form of distribution, is expressly forbidden. Those who do not comply with these copyright laws will be indicted and punished according to the International Copyrights Law.

We do not take responsibility for material damage of any kind caused by the use of information contained in Hardware Secrets.