“So which semiconductor vendors did Apple Inc. tap for its AppleTV device? The long list includes Intel Corp., Broadcom Corp., Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and Nvidia Corp,” Matt Andrejczak reports for MarketWatch.
“Intel is providing the central processing unit, Broadcom is supplying the Wi-Fi chipset, Nvidia is contributing the graphics processor and Marvell Tech is furnishing the hard-disk drive chip, said Prudential Equity analysts, who cracked open the device to value the parts,” Andrejczak reports.
Andrejczak reports, “The device also uses semiconductor components from Texas Instruments Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Silicon Image, Cypress Semiconductor and Intersil Corp., some of whom are known suppliers for Apple’s iPod music player.”
“Wall Street estimates vary on the number of AppleTVs to be sold in 2007. Prudential analysts projects unit sales of 800,000, while PiperJaffray analysts forecast 2 million,” Andrejczak reports.
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Apple stock is up!!!
Look how far apart the “analyst’s” predictions are for sales.
Apple will sell as many as they can make. Period.
Did I get a first post on my first time ever posting here??
Hmmm, what I’d be more interested in is how much they estimate the thing costs to produce. I’m curious what kind of profit they’re making per unit….
Great 10 myths here
http://www.roughlydrafted.com
Anyone:
Has the MDN website as of late been “shifting” after it’s almost loaded so that there are no margins on the left? It is very annoying, and I only noticed after i upgraded to 10.4.9.
Anyone having anything similar occur? The page loads, and JUST before it finishes, the left margin disappears, and the whole page “jumps” to the left.
Hey Mark, take another look at the stock price, it’s DOWN!!! I’m not so naive or shortsighted to think that an up day or a down day really means anything anyway!
Wow. TV is a ‘chip off of EVERY block’.
MDN user
yes.
” . . . and the whole page “jumps” to the left.”
The page jumps so far to the left, in fact, it sends Ann Coulter into a homophobic rage.
TMF
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Uh, just scrolling to the left can have that effect…
MDN user,
It’s just you,
Mark Brown,
Go play the lottery.
MDN User,
No, not for me. Are you using Safari? I’m using Firefox.
Mark Brown,
What part of the country are you in?
Mac Zealot
Apple can stick an nvida graphics chip inside an Apple TV, yet it cant putone inside a Macbook or Mini? What’s up with that?
@MDN User
Well … according to the the Apple web site you can down load the “Rocker Horror Show” patch, just download it and –
It’s just a jump to the left.
And then a step to the right.
With your hands on your hips.
You bring your knees in tight.
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let’s do the time-warp again.
Let’s do the time-warp again.
This should sort out your problems.
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Magic or what? the MDN MW is – Let