Chipworks Goes Deep Inside the Apple iPhone 4

Chipworks (www.chipworks.com), the world’s leader in reverse engineering and patent infringement analysis for semiconductors and microelectronic systems, has done a silicon level teardown on the Apple iPhone 4. For complete details and links to in-depth reports, visit http://www.chipworks.com/iPhone-4-teardown.aspx.
Key design win findings:
- The Apple A4 remains unchanged from the iPad
- TI has won the touch screen controller
- OmniVision is the suspected main image sensor – more analysis to follow
- STMicroelectronics scored two big inertial sensor wins for the accelerometer and gyroscope
- AKM has updated the magnetic sensor with a new device that promises better performance
- Broadcom continues to have success with Apple with its low power 802.11n with Bluetooth® solution

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