iPhone的主要零件供應者,在許多高科技玩家的拆解下,已經揭曉了,其中最大贏家的零件供應商是韓國的Samsung,他提供iPhone的核心處理器,又提供主要記憶儲存裝置Nand flash,而Intel則是提供Nor flash。其他還有Broadcom, TI, Infineon, Skywork與Linear等。以下是美聯社的新聞摘要:
Those that released detailed descriptions of the iPhone's innards included sites such as ThinkSecret.com and iFixit.com as well as research companies Portelligent and Semiconductor Insights. Several analysts also published the results of their own tear-downs.
Based on the results, one of the biggest winners is South Korean chip maker Samsung Electronics Co., which is making the main microprocessor used to run the phone's operating system and various applications. Samsung, the world's largest memory chip manufacturer, is also making a type of memory called NAND flash for the iPhone.
Santa Clara-based Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, is supplying another form of memory, called NOR flash, according to various research firms.
Intel is in the process of unloading its troubled unit that makes the memory, which is primarily used in cell phones, amid fears about its long-term viability with the rise of NAND flash, a cheaper alternative that's commonly found in digital cameras and music players.
韓國廠商再一次證明了他們的幹練與精準眼光!
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