 David Carey, President of Portelligent Inc. (Austin, Texas) tears down the latest electronic systems to show you the components and the design choices that bring them to life.
- "$100 BOM eludes first OLPC laptop" by David Carey,June 2, 2008
- "Universal remote gets on grid" by David Carey,May 20, 2008
- "Surveillance on a shoestring" by David Carey,April 29, 2008
- "Robot Guitar embeds autotuning" by David Carey,April 22, 2008
- "Gyro sensor liberates mouse" by David Carey, April 1, 2008
- "Spec revision's cost is in the cards" by Jeff Brown,March 26, 2008
- "Evolution of the smart Phone" March 3, 2008
- "SecurID fob: single-chip safety net" February 26, 2008
- "Guitar Hero jams go wireless" February 11, 2008
- "Cordless phone's next phase" February 4, 2008
- "FinePix F460 camera undergoes postmortem" January 14, 2008
- "Low-cost phone is rich in features" by Jeff Brown, January 7, 2008
- "Sony adds Wi-Fi to place-shifting A/V controller line" December 10, 2007
- "iPod video, up close and personal" December 3, 2007
- "XM radio receiver makes waves" November 12, 2007
- "Hot 3G phone owes debt to analog" November 5, 2007
- "Polaroid's back with LCD frame" October 15, 2007
- "Body fat meter is thinly priced" October 8, 2007
- "Moto fone is elegant yet simple" September 17, 2007
- "Full-featured phones are ultrathin" September 10, 2007
- "Inside Kawasaki's Moto GP racing bike" August 20, 2007
- "Photo printer taps micromechanics" July 23, 2007
- "Four cameras built on a budget" July 16, 2007
- "Ruggedized Phone Built for Abuse" June 25, 2007
- "Tiny Nintendo DS Lite drives volume" June 18, 2007
- "Under the Hood: Apple for the living room" May 28, 2007
- "Automated Blood test is a breeze" May 21, 2007
- "Special Issue: Inside the Prius: Part 6 - Navigation unit bridges automotive, CE" May 14, 2007
- "Special Issue: Inside the Prius: Part 5 - Inverter/Converter is Prius' power broker" May 14, 2007
- "Special Issue: Inside the Prius: Part 4 - Controllers keep dual motors humming" May 14, 2007
- "Under the Hood: Inside the Toyota Prius" April 23, 2007
- "Stripped Down Prius reveals its secrets" April 9, 2007
- "Under the Hood: Mobile star finder keeps it simple" April 2, 2007
- "Under the Hood: Handset adds twists for TV" March 26, 2007
- "Under the Hood: The MP3 that broke new ground" March 5, 2007
- "Philips Low-controller sets pace for Sony " January 15, 2007
- "Draft-n Router Delivers Wireless" January 8, 2007
- "Low-cost setup minds the house" December 4, 2006
- "Roomba sweeps low-cost parts" November 13, 2006
- "DVD writer bypasses the PC" October 16, 2006
- "Revised Nano toughens skin" October 2, 2006
- "NFC turns phone into a wallet" September 18, 2006
- "Camcorder sets sights on sports" September 4, 2006
- "Camera in a pill surveys GI tract" August 21, 2006
- "Runners get iPod virtual trainer" August 7, 2006
- "Amtech tag lets RFID ride the rails " July 24, 2006
- "Nokia's 7280 puts fashion first" July 10, 2006
- "Tablet PC senses where, who" July 3, 2006
- "Navman iCN510: Go-anywhere guide" June 12, 2006
- "'Brick' phone begat revolution " May 29, 2006
- "Adapter sees digital TV on PCs" May 15, 2006
- "HiFi turns iPod into boom box" May 1, 2006
- "Keyboard of lasers, image sensors" April 17, 2006
- "En route to one-chip cell phone" April 3, 2006
- "Xbox 360 rides two beefy chips" March 20, 2006
- "Wi-Fi add-on pays for Xbox" March 6, 2006
- "Xbox controller cuts gaming cord" February 20, 2006
- "MP54 ups car audio's cool factor" February 6, 2006
- "2.5G mobile eyes thin market" January 23, 2006
- "'Pentop' computer is child's play" January 9, 2006
- "$60 blood pressure monitor" January 2, 2006
- "VoIP phone rides 802.11b" December 12, 2005
- "Packaging aids 3G phone evolution" December 5, 2005
- "Camcorder nabs still images, too" November 7, 2005
- "Trying to take bite of the Apple" October 24, 2005
- "Upstart game box connects" October 10, 2005
- "Entry-level iPod Shuffles in" September 27, 2005
- "Entry-level camera delivers" September 12, 2005
- "Handset tunes in analog TV " August 15, 2005
- "PC music files relayed home" August 1, 2005
- "Tiny cameras pack functions" June 13, 2005
- "Panasonic's Projection for HDTV" May 23, 2005
- "Nokia teams up in CDMA" May 9, 2005
- "Low-cost wireless mouse pays" April 25, 2005
- "PDA nears wireless trifecta" April 11, 2005
- "Analog buoys ADSL modem" March 28, 2005
- "A global phone with local restrictions" March 14, 2005
- "Low-end cell leans on analog " February 28, 2005
- "Camera flashes on OLEDs' promise " February 14, 2005
- "Digital TV gets an analog lift " January 31, 2005
- "3G data spec brings broadband home" December 6, 2004
- "Mobile media player polishes the product" November 8, 2004
- "PDA-on-the-cheap gets down to basics" October 11, 2004
- "Panasonic previews free-form imaging " September 13, 2004
- "Nokia extras enliven first 'fun and phone'" August 16, 2004
- "Entry-level PDA bucks CPU trend " July 19, 2004
- "Dick Tracy watch makes it to market" June 7, 2004
- "Camera phone ups ante in resolution" May 24, 2004
- "Evolving roles for walkie-talkies" April 22, 2004
- "Video recorder has eye on time, money" March 25, 2004
- "Bluetooth making good on price points" March 1, 2004
- "CDMA phone puts features in focus" February 2, 2004
- "Popular iPod gets a makeover" January 5, 2004
- "Tablet PC Opens Up Computing Options" December 1, 2003
- "Casio Develops Time to Set Wrist Camera" November 3, 2003
- "Wireless data card carries connections" October 6, 2003
- "Hardware leasing paints new picture" September 8, 2003
- "Nintendo GameBoy eases down the road" August 11, 2003
- "SkyFi radio beams sounds from afar" July 14, 2003
- "Sticklike Pen Phone rewrites the rules" June 16, 2003
- "Locator gives early warning to parents" May 19, 2003
- "Haltingly, film bows to the digital future" April 21, 2003
- "SonicBlue's Replay TV -- Sili Valley meets big media, again" March 24, 2003
- "Danger's Hiptop: 'Arm'ed and dangerous" February 24, 2003
- "SV-AV10 Audio/Video Recorder: The Whole World In Your Hands" January 27, 2003
- "Mitsubishi's D-2101V 3G Handset: Too Much, Too Early?" December 23, 2002
- "Archos' Jukebox: Multimedia Goes Mobile" November 27, 2002
- "PROXIM'S Harmony 802.11a WLAN Card: Burning Up The Airwaves" October 28, 2002
- "T-Mobile's PocketPC Phone Edition: Are We There Yet?" September 5, 2002
- "Motorola's Bluetooth headset: Headlong into hands-free" August 6, 2002
- "Garmin's GPSMAP-76S: Location, location, location" July 10, 2002
- "Axia Eyeplate The Card-Camera Connection" June 10, 2002
- "Compact silicon drives color phones" May 14, 2002
- "XBox: PC meets console" May 6, 2002
- "Palm's latest wireless wonder" April 15, 2002
- "Apple's iPod packs a pricey punch" April 11, 2002
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On the Trail of the iPhone:
- "The $199 iPhone: still a money maker" by Rick Merritt, EETimes, June 9, 2008
- "Pricey iPhone rings up $220 in hardware costs" by Rick Merritt, EETimes, July 9, 2007
- "Under the Hood Update: Software at the heart of iPhone Simplicity" by Patrick Mannion, Techonline, July 1, 2007
- "Taking the iPhone Apart" by Arik Hesseldahl, Business Week, July 2, 2007
- "iPhone Under the Knife" by Rachel Rosmarin, Forbes.com, July 2, 2007
- "Techies Rush to Dissect Apple iPhone" Excite, July 2, 2007
- "Teardowns: Apple took safe route" by Patrick Mannion, Embedded.com, July 9, 2007
- "iPhone gets stripped down" New Electronics, July 2, 2007
 David Carey, President of Portelligent Inc. (Austin, Texas) writes a Special Feature Column for Planet Analog
- "Under the Hood Teardown: Samsung YP-K5 features MP3, FM, images, and good audio" January 27, 2007
- "RIM fields BlackBerry with consumer appeal" January 22, 2007
- "Sirius S50 satellite radio tunes up your ride" November 28, 2006
- "Nikon 4800 Digital Camera--driving video, regulating voltages" November 7, 2006
- "Sharp Aquos 45-inch LCD TV is analog goldmine" September 28, 2006
- "Motorola E1 ROKR cellular handset has camera, action, lights" September 18, 2006
- "Motion LS800 tablet PC senses where, senses who without touching" July 11, 2006
- "RIM 8700 teardown: the power of power integration" June 12, 2006
- "HDD camcorder teardown: MEMS, gyros keep things steady" June 12, 2006
- "Creative MuVo Slim: flashy mixed-signal music" February 20, 2006
- "Nokia 6225 meets analog RF design challenges" November 22, 2005
- "Tiger Gizmondo: Gaming upstart leans on analog" October 24, 2005
- "Under the Hood of Fuji's A330: Analog links to digital pictures" September 12, 2005
- "Under the Hood of Sharp's V402SH: TV (ana)logs-in to your phone" August 15, 2005
- "Under The Hood: Analog Rocks in Delphi's XM Roady2" July 13, 2005
- "Under the Hood: Sendo X Smartphone promotes analog underground" June 27, 2005
- "Under the Hood: Optical wireless mouse: Rodentia Analogus" May 10, 2005
- "Under the Hood of Siemens' ADSL modem: Broadband from A-to-D (and back)" April 18, 2005
- "Noise-canceling headphones: analog margin-makers" March 14, 2005
- "Under the Hood of the Kyocera K112: Low-tier phone leans on analog" February 15, 2005
- "Under the Hood: Motorola's HS810 Bluetooth headset has analog calling" January 25, 2005
- "Dish Network Receiver: Analog pulls in the signal" December 8, 2004
- "Under the Hood of a Tablet PC: The analog side of the story" November 8, 2004
- "Under the Hood: JVC Digital Videocam offers a cast of analog players" October 8, 2004
- "Under the Hood: LifeLong's FM Radio tunes in low-cost analog ASICs" September 26, 2004
- "Under the Hood of Motorola's A920: UMTS drives multi-radio systems" August 7, 2004
- "Panasonic PT-50LCX63: HDTV's analog ending" July 12, 2004
- "Handspring Treo 600 Smartphone: analog is key" June 15, 2004
- "Minolta Dimage X: a different view on optics" May 27, 2004
- "Daewoo progressive scan DVD: video commodities" May 5
- "Victor tire gauge: analog under pressure" March 16, 2004
- "Toshiba PCX2600: cable modem's analog origins" February 11, 2004
- "LG-KV1300 phone: Analog on the leading edge" January 26, 2004
- "NamTai EyeToy for Sony PS2: Gaming grows eyes" December 8, 2003
- "HP iPAQ 1945: PDA Packs Plenty of Analog" November 17, 2003
- "UT Starcom PHS Handset: Cordless Color Calling" October 20, 2003
- "Sony PlayStation 2: Got (analog) game?" August 26, 2003
- "How “digital” is your Digital Still Camera?" June 25, 2003
Other Publications About or By Portelligent
- "RF modules key to new mobile designs", by Graham Teague, EE Times, June 20,2008.
- "Update: Why Atom may bomb", by Rick Merritt, EE Times, June 4,2008.
- "Mobile apps,media processors on the wane", by Rick Merritt, EE Times, June 2,2008.
- "EE Times Market Intelligence Unit rolls with reports on Ethernet, ATCA", by Rick Merritt, EE Times, February 13,2008.
- "Bad breath? Your phone can tell you!'", by Junko Yoshida, EE Times, February 12, 2008.
- "CMP acquires teardown specialist'", by Patrick Mannion, EE Times, August 6, 2007.
- "System and IC teardowns critical to 'business intelligence'", by Patrick Mannion, EE Times, August 2, 2007.
- "Stripped-down Prius reveals its secrets", by Patrick Mannion, EE Times, April 9, 2007.
- "What's new in the Q?", by John H. Day, Electronic Design, September 22, 2006.
- "Taming the tangled web of cords", by Michelle Kessler, USA TODAY, February 7, 2006.
- "Tug-of-war in Consumer Electronics", by Cameron Crotty, Electronic Business Online, December, 2005.
- "Teardowns find 'Microsoft Inside' Xbox 360", Dylan McGrath and Spencer Chin, EETimes, November 23, 2005.
- "Steve Jobs's Tiny but Sure Bet", by Peter Burrows, Sept. 9, 2005, BusinesWeek Online, Sept. 9, 2005.
- "Siemens SX1 Smartphone", by David Carey, I.Q. Information Quarterly, Vol 3, Number 5, 2004.
- "Commentary: Apple's Blueprint for Genius", by Peter Burrows, March 21, 2005, Business Week Online.
- "UMTS Handsets Teardown Analysis", by Howard Curtis, November 2004, EPN.
- "Cell Phone Integration Path Unclear, Study Says", by Rick Merritt, October 18, 2004, EE Times.
- "Tech Tale: Walkman of the 21st century", by Phil Keys, June 21, 2004, Nikkei Electronics.
- "Tech Tale: California, Japan, Taiwan", by Phil Keys, June 7, 2004, Nikkei Electronics.
- Complexity raises UMTS costs", by Howard Curtis, May 2004, Wireless Europe.
- "3G-Telefonerna ar for klumpiga: Nokia visar hur 3G-telefoner sk byggas", by Jan Tangring, April 2004, Elektronik Tidningen.
- "How much does a handset cost?"February 2004, GSM Daily.
- "Nokia: Seeking a Next-Generation Image with the 7650 (English Translation)" March 2003, David Carey and Howard Curtis, Prosessori.
- "Die Products: Ideal IC Packaging For Demanding Applications," December 23, 2002, Larry Gilg and Chris Windsor, Electronic Design.
- "Cost and Complexity Hold the Key to FOMA's Future," November 2002, Howard Curtis, Wireless Europe.
- "Technology Trends in Die Products", Tetsuya Onishi, Electronic Journal, Jan. 2002. Japanese-language trade press article that cites Portelligent from Sept. 2001 Electronic Journal symposium in Tokyo.
- Merrill Lynch, "Electronics Supply Chain: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times."
Merrill Lynch Investor's Report that specifically cites Portelligent as data source, October 2001
- "Miniaturization in Electronics: The Passive-Aggressive View"by David Carey, Passive Component Industry, September/October 2001
- "Component Counts Increase in Portable Information Terminals as Wireless Capabilities and High-Speed OSs Emerge," M. Robertson, Nikkei Microdevices "Industry Watch" note, September 2001
- "Cell Phones Employed for Communications from Hijacked Planes in Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks," M. Robertson, NE Online (Nikkei Electronics/Nikkei Microdevices Web Page), September 2001
- "Teardown: PDA design must beat competition in cost and features" by Richard Nass and David Carey, August 2001, Portable Design
- "Developments in Lead-Free Solder in North America,"M. Robertson, Nikkei Microdevices "Industry Watch" note, August 2001
- "Anatomy of an Internet Phone", by David Carey, Electronic News, July 2, 2001
- "i-mode Strikes the Right Chord", by Howard Curtis, Electronic News, May 21, 2001
- "Power down for portables" , by Greg Vrana, Technical Editor, EDN, 6/21/01
- "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
MicroDesign Resources, October 2, 2000
- This article is referenced in the following online articles:
MicroDesign Resources Guardian Unlimited
- "PS2 Manufacturing Cost Estimate of $US440 Exceeds Product Price"
Nikkei Electronics, January 29, 2001, no. 788 (Japanese translation of above article) |