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Posted: October 17, 2014 Samsung Galaxy Note 4 , Galaxy Alpha, and Apple iPhone 6 Phones Samsung released their latest 5.7inch flagship Galaxy Note 4 ahead of schedule in South Korea, and then followed it up with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha in Europe. The Galaxy Alpha with its 4.7 inch

Posted: September 13, 2017, Updated October 17, 2017 Contributing Authors: Daniel Yang, Stacy Wegner We have completed the Apple Watch Series 3 teardown. We were especially interested in its cellular functionality, and whether the LTE chipset supplier is Qualcomm or Intel. Our findings are presented

Posted: September 10, 2017, Updated: October 11, 2017 Contributing Authors: Daniel Yang, Stacy Wegner, Ray Fontaine A11 Bionic Application Processor Applications Processor The iPhone 8 Plus A1897 model we examined initially is confirmed to contain the A11 Bionic AP with a die mark TMHS09. The A11 is

Posted: July 26, 2017 TSMC 10 nm was found in the Apple A10X processor (APL1071) found in the Apple iPad Pro 10.5 (MQDT2CL/A). Taking a deeper look inside the TSMC 10 nm, our experts found quad-patterned FinFETs, which are first in the industry. Our analysis is now available on the TSMC 10 nm

Posted: July 24, 2017 Contributing Authors: Ray Fontaine The third topic addressed in the IISW 2017 paper was an overview of the trends we’re seeing in pixel isolation structures. These structures are critical to the performance of 1.0 µm to 1.4 µm generation pixels in smartphone cameras. Going

Posted: June 21, 2017 Contributing Authors: Ray Fontaine At the time of the IISW paper submission deadline in April, we hadn’t yet received the Sony Xperia XZs with 3-layer stacked Motion Eye camera. The technology development had been announced at ISSCC 2017, and we did get results in time for the

Posted: June 14, 2017 Contributing Authors: Jeongdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow Samsung has begun to mass-produce their first 10 nm-class DRAM products, and we’ve taken this opportunity to analyze and compare it to the previous generations of 25 nm and 20 nm DRAM products. During our analysis,

Posted: June 13, 2017 Contributing Authors: Ray Fontaine This year’s IISW marked the 10th anniversary of this biennial conference and corresponded to the 10th anniversary of TechInsights’ presence at the workshop. Don Scansen attended in 2007, under the Semiconductor Insights banner, and gave a

Posted: June 07, 2017 Contributing Authors: Jeongdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow Figure 1. A comparison of memory density TechInsights has continued to dig into the process, cell structure and materials analysis of the Intel OptaneTM XPoint memory. We discovered that the Intel Optane TM XPoint

Posted: June 05, 2017 Contributing Authors: Jeongdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow Die Photo SK hynix successively developed their 2nd generation 21 nm DRAM technology last year. Low yield and reliability issues on 21 nm 1st generation, means their new 2nd generation 21 nm DRAM cell technology has

Posted: May 18, 2017 Contributing Authors: Jeongdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow Figure 1: Xpoint Memory Package Figure 2: Xpoint Memory Die (16 GB) TechInsights recently acquired and tore down an Intel OptaneTM M.2 80mm 16GB PCIe 3.0 and discovered a 3D X-Point memory die in the package. This is

Posted: May 16, 2017 3D XPoint technology was unveiled by Intel and Micron in August 2015, creating the first new memory category in more than 25 years. When Intel announced the Optane brand for storage products based on 3D XPoint technology, it would first come to market in a new line of high