Inside The New iPad: Samsung, Broadcom, Elpida, Qualcomm, Toshiba

Brian Caulfield

The gadget teardown artists at iFixit got their hands on the new iPad a day before the rest of the world, thanks to an airline ticket to Australia.

What they found, after prying off the front panel and display with the help of a heat gun, guitar picks, and heavy duty suction cups:  a device packed with  parts from Samsung, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, Elpida, Fairchild, Qualcomm, Toshiba, Triquint, and Avago.

While few of the parts from these companies cost more than a few dollars, everything counts in large amounts, and Apple has sold more than 55 million iPads so far. Some highlights:

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