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  • One take away I have from iSuppli's numbers are that the BOM to create the iPad is not as cost prohibitive as some analysts had originally believed. And before you lecture me on the subject I work and have worked for manufacturing organizations so …
    in 16GB iPad components estimated to cost Apple $219 Comment by eskimo February 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Likes: Video Output capabilities BT Keyboard support Compact design yet 10hr battery life IPS screen 3G support with affordable rates and Sim card Very tastefully done improvements to iCal, Mai…
    in iPad Likes/Dislikes Comment by eskimo January 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 I know this stacking of dies has been very popular with some of the Flash producers but realitically you don't get 64 or 128 Gb modules out of 8 Gb devices. As to 64 and 128 Gb devices I have to suggest look…
    in Apple places unusual flash memory order Comment by eskimo April 2009
  • Speaking in generalities since I'm still under NDA regarding this deal let me clarify a few points about the NAND Flash industry. 1) 8Gb is the most ubiquitous density for a monolithic chip shipped in Flash industry. Therefore large orders and p…
    in Apple places unusual flash memory order Comment by eskimo April 2009
  • Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM They could, but I've not heard of anyone selling flash-based products that aren't simple powers of two, for example, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 is a series of doublings. Sizes in 3, 6, 12 and 24 GB are possible, but I'…
    in Every iPhone 3G chip named, illustrated in detail Comment by eskimo July 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Phizz Dang my plan was to buy an iMac this friday... If new Penryns in the iMac, as suggested by this article, were guaranteed for January, I would wait. But I have a feeling we won't see that, so I may buy one this…
    in Intel to launch Penryn mobile chips ahead of Macworld Comment by eskimo December 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me The cellphone camera security risk is a total fabrication. Most documents today are available in electronic form. Email with attachments can distribute much more information with much greater fidelity much faste…
    in Will there ever be an iPhone WITHOUT a camera? Comment by eskimo December 2007
  • I joined up. I mirrored the bracket I filled out for my company sponsored pick 'em so i'll either do good in both or burn out quickly. I only have 1 #1 making it to the Final Four
    in NCAA Tournament Pick Em Comment by eskimo March 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by groverat Attention THT or Eskimo, please pick up the white courtesy phone and translate this stuff for us. The amazing thing is this is the first time i've visited AI in probably 6 months and I happened to see your…
    in Philips announces memory tech breakthrough Comment by eskimo March 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Jubelum A (perhaps silly) question. Where is Intel on SOI ? Are they doing SOI in the current offerings? Intel does not currently implement any form of SOI in their processors. They have successfully demonstra…
    in 65nm Intel, probably not a good thing... Comment by eskimo December 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ed M. Does anyone know how well these Athlon-64 CPUs are selling? And I mean selling as in actual systems going to consumers... We already know that the Opteron is the second slowest selling CPU right behind the Itaniu…
    in AMD gearing up for speed Comment by eskimo November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch Actually, they have. IBM and some company (Cant remember the name) are teaming up to speed up the .65 development.. That other company would be AMD... Quote: attention "insider" dwellers! this…
    in Rumor: IBM to skip .09 and go direct to .06 process Comment by eskimo October 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch It DOES mean something! It means that IBM is comitted to development! If this was Moto.. THere was one single guy on the job, in his spare time, whithout payment... Actually it was quite a few gu…
    in 65nm at IBM's plant Comment by eskimo August 2003
  • I bought this desk at Fry's for $150 a couple weeks ago. It's pretty nice with more than enough room for all my junk.
    in I'm shopping for a computer desk! Comment by eskimo July 2003
  • It's hard to pick out a phone to suggest without a little more info about you and your habits. What do you use your phone for? Do you favor portability or features? Do you want a camera in it? Does color matter to you? Do you like flip phones or…
    in Sprint PCS Phones? Comment by eskimo May 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by FotNS I think you're wrong. The average user will want whatever is newest and the coolest looking. The more advanced user will look forward to WinFS replacing NTFS, which was a great improvement over FAT32. Except …
    in son of XP - Windows is for sissies Comment by eskimo May 2003
  • 27 I've had my new 15GB for about 2 weeks now. Very nice
    in Lets count NEW iPods Comment by eskimo May 2003
  • Re: Power Both snoopy and Bigc are correct. The total available power required by a CPU can be measured by P=I*V and is what the DC power supply in your computer case has to provide. Bigc is partially correct because the total power consumption…
    in MacBidouille posts PPC 970 benchmarks Comment by eskimo May 2003