Deep Dive Teardown of the Apple MacBook Pro A2992 Notebook
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Power Managements are mainly provided by Apple, but also by Renesas. Audio CODEC is CS42L84A from Cirrus Logic. The Audio Amplifier is from Texas Instruments and Goertek. TDK supplied the microphones. The Sensors were provided by various suppliers. The battery can be charged using the MagSafe3 port which supports fast charging, or one of the three Thunderbolt 4 ports. The display is a MiniLED14.2” screen with a resolution of 3024 x 1964 with over 10 000 diodes and over 2500 diming zones. Three WiFiantennas with a USI module support the WiFi6e and one of those antennas support Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. The device is equipped with six speakers driven by six audio amplifiers produced by Texas Instruments. The Apple MacBook Pro is a high-end laptop and costs more than an average laptop in most categories The Apple MacBook Pro A2992 uses using Apple M3 Max processor that was manufactured in a 3 nm process node. This chip costs $432 which is more than an average processor for a laptop or notebook.
