“Apple is said to have aligned three key suppliers of gallium arsenide for its fifth-generation iPhone, as the company prepares to begin mass production of the handset for launch later this year,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“Avago, TriQuint and Skyworks have all been tapped to supply gallium arsenide, or GaAs, components that will be found in Apple’s next iPhone, industry sources reportedly told DigiTimes,” Marsal reports. “The total material costs of GaAs components per iPhone is estimated to reach about $6.”
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Marsal reports, “GaAs, a compound of gallium and arsenic, is a semiconductive material used in the manufacturing of electronic devices. It has certain properties that make it superior to silicon, and is frequently found in integrated circuits, infrared light-emitting diodes, and more.”
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Slow news day, hmm?
This story gives me GaAs.
Wait until Greenpeace finds out arsenic is somehow involved in the manufacture of iPhones.
See them gloss over the fact that you can swallow a Gallium Arsenide crystal and pass it without being poisoned.
So you can pass GaAs?
So where does it end up?
It’ll probably look just the same by the time it gets downtown.