Microsoft Surface TearDown

"Prominent ICs chips on the Surface motherboard: 

• Purplish-Blue (R26, G48, B231; #1a30e7): Marvell 88W8797-BMP2 wireless MIMO SoC

• Greenish-Yellow (R228, G230, B74; #e4e64a): Micron 2RE22 D9QBJ 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM

• Greyish-Red (R163, G50, B25; #a33219): Nvidia quad-core 1.4GHz Tegra 3 ARM-based microprocessor

• Bluish-Green (R97, G171, B162; #61aba2): Texas Instruments TPS659110 power management IC

• Brownish-Orange (R198, G112, B36; #c67024): Samsung KLMBG4GE4A eMMC 32GB NAND Flash

• Pale Violet with a Trace of Mauve (R181, G92, B227; #b55ce3): Wolfson 8962E ultra low power stereo audio codec

• Cypress Semiconductor CY8C20466A capacitive touchscreen controller
• Atmel MXT1386 touchscreen controller
• M430 G2402
• 1600P E284A " (from iFixIt's and theregistry.co.uk)

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Ron Maltiel

http://www.maltiel-consulting.com/

  

 

 

Microsoft Surface Teardown

We got our hands on Microsoft's new Surface, and to its credit, it lasted a good twenty minutes before we decided to tear it open.

 

Step 1 — Microsoft Surface Teardown 

Is that the display assembly from a PC laptop? Nope, it's the new Microsoft Surface with Windows RT.

Notable tech specs:

•  0.6" ClearType HD Display (resolution of 1366x768 pixels)
• Quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor
• 2 GB RAM
• 32 or 64 GB flash storage
• Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) + Bluetooth 4.0
• 720p HD Front and Rear facing LifeCams

 

 

To give the Surface laptop-like connectivity, nearly every edge includes ports and buttons. They are (from left to right):

 

Magnetic charging, USB 2.0, and Micro-HDMI out on the right side

 Magnetic connection for the Touch Cover or Type Cover on the bottom

 Headphone jack and volume rocker on the left side