Thursday, August 1, 2013

Android World Update # NVIDIA Shield teardown reveals you can't 'use the Shield as a shield'

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NVIDIA Shield teardown reveals you can't 'use the Shield as a shield'
Aug 1st 2013, 15:16, by Casey Rendon

Nvidia Shield torn down

Interior found to be 'complex' and 'convoluted,' but still gets a 6 out of 10 for reparability

The folks over at iFixt have finished breaking down the Shield's defenses, and took a good look around the inside. While the device didn't score as well as some other gaming systems, the Shield got points for modularity of design, with a button board that can be separately replaced if it suffers trauma from angry gaming sessions. The screen is replaceable, but iFixit warns a repair of this type would be extremely difficult.

The following chips were found lurking within —

  • Nvidia Tegra 4 Quad Core mobile processor
  • Samsung KLMAG2GE2A eMMC
  • AzureWave AW-AH691 wireless module
  • SK Hynix H5TC4G63AFR 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM (4 ICs for 2 GB total RAM)
  • InvenSense MPU-6050 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer
  • Realtek AL5639 audio microcontroller for mad beats

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