To provide a card-type recording medium which is capable of increasing memory capacity and excellent in rigidity and shock resistance, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. A card-type recording medium comprising a memory module 221, 222, 270 which is so constituted that a plurality of memory chips 15 are mounted on a memory board 21, 22, 70, 63, 65 is mounted on one surface of a base board 10, and an IC chip 13, 14, 60 for controlling operation of the plurality of memory chips is mounted on the other surface of the base board, with all housed in a package 30, 31.