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The display has a marking referencing Honeywell patent #5280371.
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It looks pretty barren, mostly because all the 3G equipment is missing.
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The 3.75V, 24.8 watt-hour battery provides the juice for an advertised 10 hours of use. In contrast, the iPhone 3GS has a 4.51 watt-hour battery and the MacBook Air has a 40 watt-hour battery.
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The USB power supply had to be enhanced specifically for the iPad. It's a 10W unit manufactured by Foxlink Technology, Ltd., part #A1357 W010A051.
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Disconnecting the display data cable.
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Removing these connectors is a two step process. You first have to flip up the locking bar (pictured) and can then slide the cable out of the socket.
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The display data cable connector is the same style used in all of the new Unibody MacBooks.
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Remove the EMI shield from the logic board, and presto!
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This board is markedly different than the pre-production board we uncovered.
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Markings on the A4:
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N26CGM0T 1007 APL0398 33950084 YNL184A2 1004 K4X2G643GE
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Yes, the K4X2 is a Samsung DRAM part number!
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Decoding the part number shows there is 2Gb of memory inside. This translates into ~128MB of memory per die, for 256 MB total. (NOT 512MB, as we previously reported.)
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This means the A4 processor is probably being manufactured by Samsung.
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The DRAM was stamped at the end of January, while the processor die was likely manufactured the third week of February.
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A shot of the logic board minus the steel EMI shield.
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The manufacturer of the memory has switched from Toshiba on the FCC teardown to Samsung on this device.
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Samsung K9LCG08U1M 8 GB NAND flash.
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We love how much easier Samsung's chip numbers are to interpret.
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Broadcom BCM5973 I/O controller.
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The Apple A4 is marked up much nicer than the part in the FCC photos from yesterday.
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Texas Instruments CD3240A1 touch screen controller.
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NXP: L061 01 4 ZSD950
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