FACTBOX-Components of Apple's iPhone
July 3 (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) iPhone is finally out, and analysts immediately set about taking the device apart to see which companies are supplying its components.
Following are some of the key parts and their makers that have been identified so far:
-- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) makes the main processor as well as the flash memory chips and DRAM memory chips that store music, photos and other user data, giving it $76.25 worth of semiconductor content in each 8-gigabyte iPhone ***
-- The processor is based on an architecture licensed from Britain's ARM Holdings Plc (ARM.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) **
-- Germany's Balda (BADG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), in association with its partner TPK Holding of China, supplies the display module, which costs about $27 ***
-- Epson (6708.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Sharp (6753.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(6752.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) supply the touch-screen display, which costs about $24.50 ***
-- Germany's Infineon Technologies (IFXGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) supplies the phone's transceiver, baseband processor and power-management devices. Total cost of Infineon components: $15.25 ***
-- Britain's Wolfson Microelectronics Plc (WLF.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) makes the audio processing chip. Wolfson already supplies audio chips for Apple's popular iPods *
-- U.S.-based Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) makes the Wi-Fi chip that allows the iPhone to connect to the Internet wirelessly and costs $6.00 *** Continued...







