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Teardown of the Panasonic CF-U1GQGXZ1M TOUGHBOOK
Many companies are using tablets for mobile workers, which is fine in some industries. But would you put put 2 dozen $600 iPads in the hands of a bunch of students doing surveys in a mall? Would you...
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Inside the Nokia 808 PureView Smartphone – 41 MP Camera!
An exciting smartphone to recently hit the Chipworks labs is the Nokia 808 Pureview phone, referred to by Nokia as a game changer in terms of its groundbreaking image technology. The phone’s unique 41...
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Netgear’s R6300 / R6200 AC Routers – Broadcom and Skyworks score
Two (modestly different) price points – more different than you might think. Unless you design electronics for a living, when you see two devices with specifications that differ by only one (numerical)...
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Apple iPhone 5 – Image Sensors and Battery
Knowing what we know of some of our web traffic and the comments in the twittersphere and elsewhere, we know that one of the most closely guarded and also the most sought after pieces of information is...
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Apple iPhone 5 – the A6 Application Processor
Much has already been covered about the Apple A6 processor, whether it be the move to Apple-designed ARM cores or the possible fab transfer from Samsung to TSMC. Our job with these teardowns is to...
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Apple iPhone 5 – the RF
The chips that deliver the RF capabilities of a phone tend to be over shadowed by more consumer-friendly specifications like the number of GB of storage, or the clock speed of a processor. However,...
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Inside the Apple Lightning Cable
We couldn’t help but notice that there is a lot of speculation and discussion (and frankly, a few wild guesses) concerning the functions of the Apple’s new lightning connectors. We don’t normally...
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Inside the Apple Lightning to 30 Pin Adapter
In our last teardown blog we promised that it would be the last one on an Apple product for at least a short while (we have a nice DSLR camera and a frightening Halloween teardown queued-up). Lesson...
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Halloween Special – Creepy Teardowns
At Chipworks, we run two blogs that are normally more serious in the quest for innovation. Our core audience is typically interested in major design wins for IP licensing or in new technical innovation...
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Inside the Xiaomi Mi-2: familiar outside, different inside
The Xiaomi Mi-2 – a bit overdue, but worth the wait Since the focus of our teardown articles are typically interesting new technology, the weeks and leading up to the holiday season keeps us very...
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Inside the Nikon D5200 DSLR – Toshiba found!
Tearing down the Nikon D5200 Just yesterday at CES 2013 Nikon announced the US availability of a new premium-level consumer DSLR camera, the D5200. When compared to the high level of integration on a...
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Inside the GoPro Hero3 Wearable Sports Camera
The GoPro Hero3The Hero3 fills a profitable niche in a crowded imaging market where other devices, such as digital still cameras and video cameras, are losing market share. I think we would be safe to...
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Inside the HTC One
Following our recent trend for doing live teardowns, if you are seeing this italicized message then the cataloging and die photos of the chips inside the HTC One is not complete (and possibly error...
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Inside the i’m Watch
Looking inside the i’m Watch. Smart watch technology is bringing back the geek that used to combine the pocket protector with that amazing calculator watch. Sure it was big and sure you really didn’t...
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Inside the Samsung Galaxy S4
Outside it is evolutionary, inside . . . revolutionary The byline sounds like hyperbole, but the facts are that this is the first handheld device to come along in a while that has had this much NEW...
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Inside the Blackberry Q10
The keyboard is still alive Touch screens have largely changed the way we communicate by making typos socially acceptable in business communications. But in many circles, acurite tiping isstillvery...
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Inside the Hisense Sero 7 – Under $50 Build Cost
The Hisense Sero 7 Lite – is the sky falling? Hisense has recently released a new $99 tablet to the US in an exclusive deal with Walmart. Is this device a game changer? On its own, probably not. But...
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