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Micron 1x nm DDR Analysis

Micron 1x nm DDR Analysis

Posted: May 14, 2018 TechInsights has found the Micron 1x nm process in the Micron DIMM (DDR4) and Huawei Mate 10 (LPDDR4). This process brings about smaller die sizes and increased bit density over its predecessor, but it also presented a bit of a surprise… The Micron 1xs nm. When we analyzed a
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14May
Samsung’s Anti-Fuse Technology found on 18 nm DRAM

Samsung’s Anti-Fuse Technology found on 18 nm DRAM

Posted: April 11, 2018 Contributing Author: Jeongdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow We at TechInsights are happy to report that we have found and analyzed Anti-fuse array blocks on a Samsung 18 nm DDR4 DRAM die. Anti-fuse is one of the embedded NVM technologies, which include: embedded Flash ROM
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11Apr
Samsung Galaxy S9 Camera Teardown

Samsung Galaxy S9 Camera Teardown

Posted: April 9, 2018 Contributing Author: Ray Fontaine Our lab team has made good progress on structural analyses of the camera chips from Galaxy S9/S9+. While most of the details are reserved for our subscribers, we did want to share an overview as a follow up to our teardown blog . We confirmed
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09Apr
Samsung Galaxy S9 Teardown

Samsung Galaxy S9 Teardown

Posted: March 1, 2018 - Updated: March 21, 2018 Contributing Author: Daniel Yang & Stacy Wegner Samsung Galaxy S9 As we reported in our MWC18 blog, Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones were officially unveiled in Barcelona on Feb 25, 2018 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 pre-event
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21Mar
Samsung S5K2X7SP 0.9 µm Image Sensor

Samsung S5K2X7SP 0.9 µm Image Sensor

Posted: March 8, 2018 Samsung S5K2X7SP Image Sensor We did not expect to see the Samsung S5K2X7SP image sensor until Q2, 2018…but here it is in the Vivo V7+. The application is a 24 MP selfie camera that uses Samsung’s Tetracell platform (2x2 pixels per color filter). In well-illuminated scenes the
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08Mar
What does Uber’s patent landscape look like?

What does Uber’s patent landscape look like?

Posted: February 27, 2018 Contributing Authors: Marty Bijman Recently, IAM’s Timothy Au posted a blog providing a look at Uber’s portfolio. The blog references Uber’s portfolio makeup, and provides a chronicle of their IP events over the last 5 years. I thought I’d add to the story with some
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27Feb
Apple HomePod Teardown

Apple HomePod Teardown and Cost Comparison

February 16, 2018 Contributing Authors: Stacy Wegner, Daniel Yang, Kim Waterman The Apple HomePod, before it was sent to our labs Cost Comparison Observations Since the introduction of the Amazon Echo smart speaker back in 2015, OEMs like Google, Xiaomi, Lenovo and others have released their own
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16Feb