Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, co-creator of the Chumby, explored the surprisingly interesting underside of microSD production in China after being given a batch of questionable memory cards direct from Kingston itself. Huang's conclusion is that the chips were created during a "ghost shift," when a rogue employee runs the manufacturing lines after hours to produce authentic looking but decidedly sub-par memory chips using materials of inadequate quality.You can read the full exposé over here.
Sub-par memory cards made during ghost shifts
Posted on Friday, February 26 2010 @ 5:49 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget has a snip about the source of questionable memory cards that are sold on the gray market: