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Nintendo DSi Teardown Reveals More Powerful Innards
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... according to iFixit, include, from left to right: Samsung 1st generation MoviNAND
KMAPF0000M: 256 MB NAND Flash and MMC controller. The integrated MMC
controller allows the CPU to offload the complex work of directly
talking to the flash memory.
82DBS08164D-70L: Fujitsu Ltd 128-bit FCRAM (fast-cycle RAM) chip.
Nintendo's custom ARM CPU. Our CPU was manufactured in September of 2008. Nintendo DSi First Look [iFixit.com]
Photos courtesy of iFixit.com ...
Nintendo DSi teardown
MAKE Magazine —
... tinkering with the
DSi substantially easier. The DSi is definitely not as complex as
an iPhone!
* Nintendo is using Samsung MoviNAND integrated 256 MB Flash
memory and MMC controller. The custom ARM CPU + GPU is stamped
with the revision code 'TWL'.
* Our DSi's components all had manufacture dates around September
2008, indicating that Nintendo has been stockpiling these devices
for quite a while prior to the big North American release.
Nintendo DSi First Look
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Nintendo DSi Taken Apart, Photographed
Tech Blog —
... pictures, you'll "see in finer detail some of the differences between the new hardware and its DS Lite predecessor, including the now smaller 840mAh battery." Click here for first picture in gallery.
Sure, we saw the Nintendo DSi get its teardown treatment back in November, but now that it's available stateside, iFixit's decided to go for round two and rip the portable completely apart, snapping pics at each painful step.
[via Engadget - iFixit]
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Nintendo DSi torn asunder, sized up against DS Lite's innards
Engadget —
... Sure, we saw the Nintendo DSi get its teardown treatment back in November, but now that it's available stateside, iFixit's decided to go for round two and rip the portable completely apart, snapping pics at each painful step. Taking it a step ...
Nintendo DSi Innards Revealed
Gadget Venue —
... at iFixit have decided it’s time to take apart the Nintendo DSi to see what can be found inside the new console.
iFixit go in to great detail explaining the location of every screw and how to remove certain parts. Looking inside we can see that the Nintendo DSi has a smaller battery then the DS Lite. It has a capacity of just 840mAh which is probably the reason why some complaints of short battery life have been emerging.
For a full breakdown of images check out iFixit.
Via: Engadget ...
celebrate nintendo dsi us debut with electronic peep show
technabob —
... But here the ifixit folks went that extra mile, and succeeded in their epic quest to see just how many different pieces they could get out of one DSi–without breaking anything, of course.
Best of all, they’ve got a step-by-step breakdown up alongside photos of the dismantling, as well as some comparisons to the DS Lite. You even get witty bonus commentary regarding the extra-thick DSi manual, and really, what innards-ogler can ask for more?
[ifixit via hackaday] ...
The Nintendo DSi, Dissected [Guts]
Gizmodo —
... 's hardware is pretty soft. The console does win the award for the weirdest component, though, with that wishbone thing in the mid-right corner—the double camera module. [iFixit] ...
Nintendo DSi gets broken down
SlashGear —
... , freshly launched within the past few days and already broken into its constituent parts by the good people at iFixit. ...
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