Yes, but they still had 3-4 other support chips from other manufacturers like Wolfson often duplicating and bettering the features on the PortalPlayer chip. With the latest iPods, they've dropped the other chips for one SOC.
That's true. Too much duplication of effort. The other functions on those chips took power even if they weren't being used. Not much, but still...
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Yes, but they still had 3-4 other support chips from other manufacturers like Wolfson often duplicating and bettering the features on the PortalPlayer chip. With the latest iPods, they've dropped the other chips for one SOC.
That's true. Too much duplication of effort. The other functions on those chips took power even if they weren't being used. Not much, but still...