Deep Dive Teardown of the Kioxia XD6 KXD6CRJJ3T84 SSD

The memory: non-volatile, logic, substrates and memory: volatile category had the greatest impact on the total estimated constructions cost. The cost of each category consists of: -memory: non-volatile ($190.74 –8x 512 GB 3D TLC NAND Flash), -logic ($12.04 –NVMeSSD controller), -substrates ($5.29 –main board), -memory: volatile ($6.54 –2 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM).
19Dec

3Q 2023 Smartphone AP Market Tracker

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market gained 2% year-on-year in unit growth during Q3 2023 hinting at the anticipated industry recovery. The smartphone market received a seasonal boost from the latest Apple iPhone 15 series release.
19Dec

Sony ISP from IMX591, 10.1μm Pixel Pitch, 0.01MP, Stacked Back-Illuminated Direct-Time of Flight (d-ToF) SPAD Sensor Advanced Floorplan Analysis

The Sony IMX591 is a Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor used in the LiDAR scanner of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. The sensor has a resolution of 0.01 megapixels and a pixel pitch of 10.1 microns. The IMX591 die incorporates inverted pyramid structures on the rear side of the CIS active Si, as well as tungsten (W)-filled full depth back deep trench isolation (B-DTI) and composite metal grid (CMG).
18Dec