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Sony PlayStation 4 Teardown
Posted: November 15, 2013 Sony PlayStation 4 Sony’s PlayStation 4 makes its debut today and TechInsights’ Teardown team has hands on analysis of the components that promise to set a new benchmark in the gaming industry. While we’ll be tearing down
Apple iPad Air Teardown
Apple iPad Air Teardown Posted: November 1, 2013 Inside On October 23, 2013, Apple announced the newest iPad, the iPad Air. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights have been anxiously waiting for the opportunity to get our hands on the device
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Teardown
Posted: October 4, 2013 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Teardown In 2011 Samsung defined a new category with its 5.3” diagonal Galaxy Note phone. The original Note was so large it was considered by many as a phone that aspired to be a tablet; hence the term
Apple iPhone 5c Teardown
Apple iPhone 5c Teardown Posted: September 20, 2013 Contributing Authors: Jim Morrison and Chad Davis Apple iPhone 5c On September 10, 2013, Apple announced two new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights have been
Apple iPhone 5s Teardown
Apple iPhone 5s Teardown Posted: September 20, 2013 Contributing Authors: Jim Morrison, Ray Fontaine, Dick James and Chad Davis Inside On September 10, 2013, Apple announced two new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights
Samsung Galaxy S4 Teardown
Posted: April 24, 2013 Inside the Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone – Cementing a legacy If there is one thing I have learned in my years on this planet, it would be that it is human nature to staunchly choose sides. Whether it is Republican or Democrat
HTC One Teardown
Posted: March 28, 2013 HTC One Before entering the teardown lab we take 20-30 minutes with each phone. We aren't talking about running benchmarks in Passmark or Antutu, but simply getting our impressions. While we took some time with it at the Mobile
Google Glass Teardown
Posted: February 21, 2013 Inside Originally the Google Glass was only available to “Explorers” better known as developers. Finally Google offered a one day sale on April 15, 2014 allowing the general public to purchase the Glass for a whopping $1500
Blackberry Z10 Teardown
Posted: February 5, 2013 Building off the momentum of an international product launch in New York that featured not only a corporate rebranding and the naming of a Grammy-award winning artist as their new global creative director, one had to wade
Nintendo Wii U Teardown
Posted: February 4, 2013 Nintendo Wii U Looking at the Wii U Graphics Processor Yes, even reverse engineering the latest technology has its up and down days. At the start of the reverse engineering process, we generally have a simple electronics
GoPro Hero3 Wearable Sports Camera Teardown
Posted: January 22, 2013 GoPro Hero3 GoPro Hero3 The 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 assume that the
Nikon D5200 DSLR Teardown
Posted: January 8, 2013 Nikon D5200 DSLR 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 single board that one finds in a typical smart phone
A Review of TSMC 28 nm Process Technology
contributed by Dr. Sinjin Dixon-Warren TSMC’s 28 nm CMOS technology platform is currently their most advanced offering. Our analysis suggests that this will be a very profitable technology platform for TSMC and for their fabless design partners for
Systems Analysis of the Apple Lightning to USB Cable
Posted: December 5, 2012 Systems analysis identifies how devices are used together – and may include testing of signals and software inside or between chips using sniffers, probing, data capture, or literature. Systems analysis, including software
Apple iPad Mini Teardown
Apple iPad Mini Teardown Posted: November 1, 2012 Apple iPad Mini Teardown Since its introduction of the iPad nearly two and a half years ago, Apple has held onto the lion’s share of the tablet market. Particularly, Apple has managed to hold off all
Apple Lightning to 30 Pin Adapter Teardown
Apple Lightning to 30 Pin Adapter Teardown Posted: October 18, 2012 Apple Lightning to 30 Pin Adapter Reverse engineering is not forward engineering done backwards and so you never know what you will learn or when you will learn it. Enter the Apple
Huawei Mate 60 Pro Mobile RF Architecture Proves They Can Compete with Top-Tier Smartphone OEMs
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