Reuters: Technology News: New iPad has chips from Samsung, Qualcomm: iFixit

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New iPad has chips from Samsung, Qualcomm: iFixit Mar 15th 2012, 19:40 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Apple's 4G iPad debuts early, quietly in Australia 3:43pm EDT CORRECTED-Samsung loses bid to ban iPhone, iPad sales in Netherlands 9:07am EDT Apple to sell 65.6 million iPads this year, sees record pre-orders: analysts Wed, Mar 14 2012 Apple addiction drives sales, hits retail margins Thu, Mar 8 2012 Apple to stay ahead of rivals with faster iPad: analysts Thu, Mar 8 2012 Analysis & Opinion Apple, the new iPad, and being 'sanely great' Nvidia to Apple: thanks for the backhanded compliment 1 of 8. Passers-by look at a new iPad in a window display in an Apple store in Sydney March 15, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Tim Wimborne By Poornima Gupta and Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:40pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad uses chips made by Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung Electronics and other semiconductor makers, according to repair firm iFixit, which cracked open one of the devices. The newest iPad went on sale in Australia early on Friday, greeted by a throng of fans hoping to get hold of the 4G-ready tablet computer, which won good reviews but was not considered a major innovation. According to iFixit, the iPad includes a Qualcomm LTE cellphone chip as well as a semiconductor from Broadcom handling wireless tasks like WiFi and Bluetooth. The iPad's A5X application processor is manufactured by Samsung, as in past Apple devices. Memory chips are supplied by Toshiba and Elpida. Supplying parts for Apple's iPhones and iPads, the industry's gold standards, is considered a coup for chipmakers and other manufacturers. A source familiar with the device's components told Reuters this week that Samsung and LG Electronics will both supply their liquid crystal displays for the iPad. Apple doesn't disclose which company makes the components that go into its smartphones, and suppliers typically keep quiet for fear of angering the company. One of the more widely followed teardown firms, iFixit is hired by a variety of clients who use its data for competitive intelligence, in patent disputes or to keep current on industry benchmarks. (Reporting By Noel Randewich; Editing by Gary Hill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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