While the new iPad 3 in online stores or even fly to some countries where the sale has already started patiently in line to get the output of an Apple Store, iFixit colleagues have fun dismembering their exemplary show what’s inside.
And surprise: not only the retina display, processor and battery A5X Apple but there is more! Here is an approximate list of components identified by iFixit:
- Texas Instruments CD3240 device driver
- Broadcom BCM4330 802.11a/b/g/n MAC / baseband / radio with Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and FM receiver integrated
- 2 LP Elpida DDR2 memory modules
- Fairchild FDMC 6683
- Broadcom BCM5973 controller I / O
- Microprocessor Broadcom BCM5974
- Apple 338S0987 (Cirrus Logic audio codec)
- Qualcomm PM8028 Power Management IC
- Modem 3G/4G LTE Qualcomm RTR8600
- Toshiba Memory MCP Y0A0000
- TriQuint TQM7M5013
- Avago A5904
- Skyworks SKY77468-17
- Apple A5X
- Apple 343S0561 IC for power management
- Toshiba MLC NAND Flash 16 GB 24 nm
- Samsung Screen
- Various antennas and cables
- Lithium-polymer battery 42.5 Wh
- ISight camera to 5 items
The processor is now clear, is a quad-core as erroneously assumed at first, but a dual-core, however, according to statements from Apple, should have nothing to envy to the quad-core (plus one) of Nvidia.
Compared to the iPad 2 components have been used much more demanding in terms of energy consumption, which then necessitated a more capacious battery : it goes from 2 to 42.5 Wh 25Wh dell’iPad the new iPad.
The assembly, as one would expect from Apple is extremely accurate, the sign of a product manufactured to the highest quality standards. And now what are you waiting, rimettetevi patiently in line if you want one!
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