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While in China, we toured Yeston's partner factories for their famed AMD RX 9070 XT "Waifu" GPUs, aka the Sakura Sugar Atlantis. These graphics cards require dozens of factories to make if you go all the way up the supply chain, but four key factories are used by Yeston for the final parts. We visited the Yeston SMT line (Surface Mount Technology) for its AMD Radeon GPUs, then went to the metal shop that fabricates the video card backplates, and finally went to the painting and UV coating factories. We also had an opportunity to speak with the Creative Director, Zhou, who works to conceptualize the product and hires artists for the paint and styling. In this factory tour, we learn how the AMD RX 9070 XT "Waifu" GPU by Yeston is made.
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Watch the WAIFU battle the RED DEVIL in this head-to-head: youtube.com/watch?v=-1-rWNgZKRU
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - WHERE WAIFUS ARE MADE
02:46 - Robot Arms and PCBs
06:29 - Installing the GPU and VRAM
09:37 - X-Ray Machine
10:45 - Where Waifu Backplates are Made
13:03 - Backplate Painting Factory
14:57 - UV Screening Process
16:55 - Inside the UV Printing Machine
17:42 - Assembling the RX 9070 XT Sakura
20:18 - GPU Testing
21:44 - Automated Packaging Process
23:38 - INTERVIEW with Zhou, Creative Director
27:17 - Conclusion
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Sponsor: ID-Cooling Frozn A720 Black on Amazon geni.us/VDnou4Y
While in China, we toured Yeston's partner factories for their famed AMD RX 9070 XT "Waifu" GPUs, aka the Sakura Sugar Atlantis. These graphics cards require dozens of factories to make if you go all the way up the supply chain, but four key factories are used by Yeston for the final parts. We visited the Yeston SMT line (Surface Mount Technology) for its AMD Radeon GPUs, then went to the metal shop that fabricates the video card backplates, and finally went to the painting and UV coating factories. We also had an opportunity to speak with the Creative Director, Zhou, who works to conceptualize the product and hires artists for the paint and styling. In this factory tour, we learn how the AMD RX 9070 XT "Waifu" GPU by Yeston is made.
SUPPORT educational, independently-funded content! We pay for all of our own flights and hotels, which means that the factories we visit don't have any influence over the content. Our independent reporting is made possible by YOU. Grab a GN E-Waste Inductor Dice Kit here, featuring 7 tabletop gaming dice with embedded e-waste inductors in them: store.gamersnexus.net/products/inductor-full-tabletop-mtg-dnd-premium-dice-set-7-piece-dice-wooden-box-token-card
Or grab a PC building anti-static Modmat! store.gamersnexus.net/products/large-modmat-gn15-anniversary
Consider also our GPU Shredder 'Paper Launch' T-Shirt! store.gamersnexus.net/products/paper-launch-cotton
Watch the WAIFU battle the RED DEVIL in this head-to-head: youtube.com/watch?v=-1-rWNgZKRU
Watch our Yeston RX 9070 XT GPU review here: youtube.com/watch?v=Bs1O21ibuKM
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - WHERE WAIFUS ARE MADE
02:46 - Robot Arms and PCBs
06:29 - Installing the GPU and VRAM
09:37 - X-Ray Machine
10:45 - Where Waifu Backplates are Made
13:03 - Backplate Painting Factory
14:57 - UV Screening Process
16:55 - Inside the UV Printing Machine
17:42 - Assembling the RX 9070 XT Sakura
20:18 - GPU Testing
21:44 - Automated Packaging Process
23:38 - INTERVIEW with Zhou, Creative Director
27:17 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
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t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
f: facebook.com/gamersnexus
w: gamersnexus.net
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Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Lead Editing
Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing
Tim Phetdara: Editing
Tannen Williams: Camera
