Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad

Dynario fuel cell

• Looking Inside Toshiba's Fuel Cell

Magic Mouse

• Struggling With Double-sided Tape [Part 1]
• Mouse Split Into Five Parts [Part 2]
• Did Apple Develop New Touch Panel Controller Chip? [Part 3]
• 'Never-seen-before' Electrode Structure [Part 4]
• A Further Look at Touch Sensor [Part 5]

Vaio X

• Ultraslim Laptop Comes With Slim, Light Package [Part 1]
• A Little Slow in Launching Apps [Part 2]
• Impressive Efforts to Reduce Thickness [Part 3]
• Harder to Assemble Than MacBook Air [Part 4]
• Looking Into 4 Circuit Boards [Part 5]
• Display Unit Thinner Than Expected [Part 6]
• Circuit Boards in Pictures [Part 7]

New PS3

• Latest PS3 Hotter Than Ever [Part 1]
• Looking for Air Supply, Exhaust Ports [Part 2]
• Power Consumption Further Reduced [Part 3]
• Internal Structure Becomes Much Simpler [Part 4]
• High-performance, Low-cost Cooling System [Part 5]
• Power Supply Module Comes With Twist [Part 6]
• Blu-ray Disc Device Gets Smaller [Part 7]
• Overview of Main Board [Part 8]

Energy-saving, Low-priced LCD TVs

• Competition Shifts to Energy-Saving LCD TVs
• Power Consumption Compared [Part 1]
• Only 2 Substrates Found Inside [Part 2]
• What's inside $500 32-inch TV? [Part 3]
• Structure of Samsung's Backlight Unit [Part 4]

Sharp Solar Phone

• Sharp Debuts Solar-powered Handset [Part 1]
• Charging Performance Tested [Part 2]
• Design Around Solar Cell Module [Part 3]
• Main Board of 'All-inclusive' Mobile Phone [Part 4]

Kindle 2

• 2 Kindles Come from US [Part 1]
• New Model More Difficult to Tear Down [Part 2]
• Kindle Grows Out of Reference Design [Part 3]
• E Ink, Epson Cooperate to Enhance Display Performances [Part 4]
• Engineers Have More Voice in Design [Part 5]

3G iPod shuffle

• Much Smaller, Lighter than 2G [Part 1]
• Voice Guidance Function Examined [Part 2]
• Chassis Hard to Open (as Always) [Part 3]
• SoC, Flash Memory Stacked [Part 4]
• Main Board Size Cut by 75% [Part 5]

iPhone 2G vs 3G

• Thorough Comparison Between iPhone 2G and 3G

Chinese Fake iPhone

• [Column] Chinese Fake iPhone Torn Down, Found Lucrative
• [Follow-up] Chinese Fake iPhone Dissected

2008 Wrap Up: iPhone 3G Teardown

• iPhone 3G Teardown

Ultra-small Projectors

• Playing with Images [Part 0]
• DLP Projector Opened [Part 1]
• Fly-eye Lens Commands Attention [Part 2]
• Large Radiator Fin in LCOS Projector [Part 3]
• Resin PBS Integrates Multiple Functions [Part 4]

Nintendo DSi

• Screws Not Same as in DS [Part 1]
• 2 Printed Boards Firmly Fixed in Chassis [Part 2]
• Camera Module Examined [Part 3]

T-Mobile G1

• Chassis Pried Open [Part 1]
• Antenna in Camouflage [Part 2]
• Panasonic-branded Main Board [Part 3]
• 2nd Vibration Motor Found [Part 4]
• G1 Uses Same Trackball as BlackBerry [Part 5]

4G iPod nano & touch

• nano Shows Potential for Tapping Input (1)
• Where Are DDR, Samsung Memories? (2)
• Why Does Apple Hide Bluetooth Function? (1)
• Why Does Apple Hide Bluetooth Function? (2)

Kyocera Illumination Mobile Phone

• Design Influenced by Quanta

Willcom D4

• [Willcom D4 Teardown] Design Influenced by Quanta

iPhone 3G

• [iPhone 3G Teardown] Squad Waits Overnight for iPhone [Part 1]
• [iPhone 3G Teardown] Enigmatic Numbers Appear from Inside (Video) [Part 2]
• [iPhone 3G Teardown] Is Battery Replaceable? (Video) [Part 3]
• [iPhone 3G Teardown] Apple-marked LSI on Main Board (Video) [Part 4]
• [iPhone 3G Teardown] LCD Panel, Touch Panel Not Integrated (Video) [Part 5]
• [Column] What Surprised Me Most About iPhone 3G Design

FULLFACE2 SoftBank 921SH

• Tearing Down SoftBank's Handset w/ Touch Sensor

Casio Waterproof Mobile Phone

• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 1]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 2]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 3]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 4]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 5]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 6]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 7]
• Tearing Down Waterproof Mobile Phone [Part 8]

MacBook Air

• No Information on Release Date [Part 1]
• Battery Module Covers 2/3 of Bottom Surface [Part 2]
• Video: Opening Bottom of Chassis [Part 3]
• Video: Maker of Flexible Substrate [Part 4]
• 'No Waste Outside, Nothing but Waste Inside' [Part 5]
• Why We Used the Word 'Waste'
• Air Plays Key Role in Thermal Design [Part 6]
• Secret of 5-layered Keyboard [Part 7]
• Parts Layout Modeled in 3D [Part 8]
• No Frame Supports Keyboard From Beneath [Part 9]
• Elaborate Body Structure Hints High Cost [Part 10]

OLPC XO

• $100 PC 'XO' Arrives [Part 1]
• Original UI , Unique Operation [Part 2]
• Many Programming Education Applications [Part 3]
• Connecting to Network [Part 4]

3 "All-in-one" Mobile Phones

• Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, 'All-in-one' Models [Prologue]
• "All-in-one" Is Simply Structured [Panasonic: Part 1]
• Memory, Processor PoP-mounted [Panasonic: Part 2]
• 'Samsung SDI' Printed on FPC [Hitachi: Part 1]
• ICs on Both Surfaces of Mainboard [Hitachi: Part 2]
• 4th-gen AQUOS Mobile Phone [Sharp: Part 1]
• Toshiba's SoC on Mainboard [Sharp: Part 2]

Ultrathin LCD TV "Wooo UT"

• Hitachi's 35mm LCD TV Arrives [Part 1]
• 'It's So Simple' - Rear Chassis Removed [Part 2]
• Mysterious Cream-colored Sheet [Part 3]
• 'Stunned' by Ultrathin Power Board [Part 4]
• '4 Sheets' in Ultrathin Backlight [Part 5]
• 19 Lamps? Surprised at Odd Number [Part 6]

Sony's OLED TV "XEL-1"

• We Got Sony's OLED TV [Part 1]
• We Found Another Box [Part 2]
• We Watched Digital Terrestrial Broadcast [Part 3]
• Sony's Commitment in the Instruction Manual [Part 4]
• Drive Circuit Layout Realizes 3mm Thickness [Part 5]
• Details of OLED Panel Exposed [Part 6]
• Lump of Cu Found in TV Mount [Part 7]
• 'Black Stones' on Main Board [Part 8]
• Close Look at Ethernet Connector [Part 9]
• High Full On/Off Contrast Ratio [Part 10]

Samsung's Multifunction Printer "SCX-4501K"

• Slim Black Product Arrives [Part 1]
• A Series of Stumbles [Part 2]
• "Looks Like a PS3" [Part 3]
• No Special Effort to Improve Print Quality [Part 4]
• 'Oh, I found a Slug!' [Part 5]
• More Than 70 Blue LEDs on Operating Portion [Part 6]
• 'It's huge. ...' [Part 7]
• A Series of Twists for Low Profile [Part 8]

PSP-2000

• Metal Chassis Omitted to Reduce Weight [Part 1]
• Two Differences Found on Substrate [Part 2]
• LCD Panel is 1.5mm Thinner and 23g Lighter [Part 3]
• Exploring into Battery Module [Epilogue]

iPhone

• Huge Secondary Battery Appeared from Inside [Video][Part 1]
• Apple-Marked LSI Found in Two-Layered Main Board [Video][Part 2]
• Two Circuit Boards Turned out to be Wireless Module and iPod Module[Part 3]
• Flash Memory Chip is Supplied by Samsung, Display is 3.5 mm Thick [Video][Part 4]

$100 Smart Phone "Sidekick iD"

• $100 Smart Phone [Video Clip Provided][Part 1]
• Most Components Mounted on Main Substrate [Video Clip Provided][Part 2]
• Mounting Area Size Reduction through use of MCM, Heavy Use of Capacitor Arrays [Video Clip Provided][Part 3]

Apple TV

• Breaking down Apple TV, NVIDIA Graphics LSI confirmed

Nintendo Wii

• Tearing down the Wii
• Tearing down the Wii 1 -- Inside the Package Box
• Tearing down the Wii 2 -- Main Board Covered with Serious Shields
• Tearing down the Wii 3 -- Here Comes Wii's Main Board
• Tearing down the Wii 4 -- Tearing down the Wii Remote
• PS3 VS Wii, Comparisons of Core LSI Chip Areas
• Follow-up Story: Tearing down the Wii --- 'Sensor Bar' Features No Sensor

PS3

• Tearing down the PlayStation 3
• PS3: Opening the Box
• PS3: Let's Tear It Down
• PS3: Surprised at Huge Cooler Fan
• PS3 VS Wii, Comparisons of Core LSI Chip Areas

Sony's Camcorder "HDR-UK1"

• Inside Sony's 'HDR-UX1' H.264 HDTV Camcoder

Nike + iPod

• Inside 'Nike+iPod' -- Diaphragm is Used as Sensor

Intel iMac

• Comparing the "Intel iMac" to the PowerPC: Photoshop Works at Approximately a 70% Rate Compared to the iMac G5
• Looking inside the "Intel iMac" - Logic Board Hides behind a Shield of Black Film
• Front & Backside of "Intel iMac" Motherboard: Non-Intel Chips Used for I/O-associated LSIs

Xbox 360

• Front & Back Side of "Xbox 360" Mainboard
• Looking inside "Xbox 360"

Movie Compatible iPod

• Inside the Movie Compatible iPod

iPod nano

• Apple's Persistence Is Found Everywhere inside the "iPod nano"

Game Boy Micro

• Looking Inside the "Game Boy Micro"

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