Jingou Xi Qing Technology Development Zone.
This is one of SinoCore International's contract factories and is the first to have completed the upgrade and modification of a high-yield 28nm production line.
Wang Minjiang arrived at the final product storage area led by the branch's general manager and chief engineer, and entered a spacious room filled with the distinctive smell of PCB boards.
Several dark racks stood in the warehouse, and a worker took a tray down from one of the little compartments and handed it to Wang Minjiang.
"Mr. Wang, this is your Y1611A official release, the 'Taowu A1000' chip. It's been less than 20 hours since they were packaged and placed here, please take a look," the worker said.
Wang Minjiang pried out a processor roughly 6cm square and examined it carefully under the light.
The top side of the chip was completely covered with a nickel-plated copper heat spreader, and the bottom had 3900 pure gold contacts, also known as gold fingers.
