Much of the Apple iPad tablet's electronics powers its touchscreen and other user-interface aspects, according to a teardown analysis conducted by research firm iSuppli. Flash memory chips were also a significant portion of the iPad's costs. Other chips in the iPad also proved more costly and more numerous than iSuppli had originally estimated.
Apple's iPad tablet computer costs as little as $259.60 to build, according to analysis by the research firm iSuppli.
Materials for the iPad, which went on sale Apr. 3, include a touchscreen display that costs $95 and a $26.80 processor designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung Electronics, according to El Segundo [Calif.]-based iSuppli.
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