Break In: We Sneak into Gigabyte's Factory
The break in!
While we were in Taiwan, Gigabyte invited us to attend its overclocking event. The event, which was won by Team USA, had lots of spectators as well as competitors. It was crowded. It had a lot of Gigabyte's own employees attending. It was the perfect place for us to carry out our plan. The event, while exciting, left us wondering: what is it about the Gigabyte motherboards that makes them one of most popular choices for overclocking? How are they made?
Little did Gigabyte know, our Gigabyte overclocking coverage crew of two, was actually myself, and one other. I went along with Agent codenamed "Kobe"--our THSA, or Tom's Hardware Secret Agent, to a Gigabyte production facility to get a good look at just what motherboards and graphics cards go through.
While the competitors were busy overclocking their systems, we knew that many of Gigabyte's employees would either be at the competition, or at Gigabyte's booth during Computex hours. My partner in crime and I visited Gigabyte at the Taipei 101 tower and was given a "Media" badge to wear so that we could go through security.
After frequently going up and down the tower, we were passed a "Staff" badge by accident. No one seemed to have noticed. Now, we had two badges. As you leave the area, badges must be returned to security. When you return, you can pick up your badge again.
As the overclocking event picked up and more people gathered, we decided it was the perfect chance for us to sneak out. With both a Media badge and Staff badge in our possession, we exited. Security requested us to hand over our badge as usual. We nodded and took the Media badge out of our pocket, gave it over, and waved. Things were going to plan.
With taxi cabs everywhere in Taipei, it wasn't difficult for us to make our escape. And so we did.
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We jumped into the taxi, handed them a Gigabyte business card with an address on it--since we can't speak Mandarin--and then sat back and enjoyed the ride to Gigabyte HQ.
Once there, I instructed my accomplice, my secret agent to infiltrate the office building. She was to make her way over to the production area, and take as many photos as possible.
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maverick7 The woman in the picture is really attractive. Just though i should throw that out there.Reply -
computabug Tuan's gonna beat you up for that... she's probably his gf :lol:Reply
Yea very stereotypical... let the lady go in because they are less likely to get questioned if seen lol. Did you guys get caught or seen by anyone? Careful when opening the next package gigabyte sends you to review... they may booby trap it (lol 'booby' :rolleyes:) -
vider What is this?Reply
We're not Saturday yet. Aren't this kind of articles supposed to be published on Saturdays?
My god. *long sigh* -
tuannguyen ViDERWhat is this? We're not Saturday yet. Aren't this kind of articles supposed to be published on Saturdays?My god. *long sigh*Reply
No. The tour isn't a joke.
Click the link and find out! ;) -
hellwig Always fun to see how these things are made.Reply
How'd you get the pictures out of the building after she was caught, Eye-fi? Hopefully they nabbed the other person in pic 20 taking pictures too. Bad day for Gigabyte security. Corporate Espionage is funny.
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computabug falchardI have one very important question that demands answering."IS SHE SINGLE!?!?!?!?!"No... :( Tuan's got herReply -
lunan oh lol...i though there are articles about gigabyte taiwan already?Reply
if im not wrong..**cough**guru**cough**3d**cough