Chipworks’ Teardown of the KIN TWO CDMA Phone

Chipworks’ Teardown of the KIN TWO CDMA Phone

Ottawa, Ontario, May 18, 2010 – Chipworks (www.chipworks.com), the world’s leader in reverse engineering and patent infringement analysis for semiconductors and microelectronic systems, shows its details of the KIN TWO teardown. This device is manufactured by Sharp for Verizon Wireless.

Design win highlights include:

1) Qualcomm QSC6085 CDMA Processor

2) Texas Instruments WL1271A Wireless LAN/Bluetooth/FM Radio

3) Sony IMX046 Image Sensor (an unexpected win compared to previously reported specifications)

4) Texas Instruments TPS658600 Power Management for Li Battery

5) Wolfson WM8903L Stereo Codec

6) Synaptics 1021A Touch Screen Controller

The heart of the device is the NVIDIA Tegra APX2600 processor that is part of a four die stack which includes the Numonyx memory. Numonyx chips have Intel-like markings, and inside this one, we find the STMicroelectronics flash and two Hynix DRAM dies.

http://www.chipworks.com/kintwo-teardown.aspx