| Reports state that Barnes and Noble sold well over 500,000 units this past Christmas and B&N has stated that they are manufacturing 18,000 units a day, so it’s been a pretty good seller for them.Additionally, the VividView™ color touch screen enhances the visual experience and allows for magazines, newspapers, and children’s books to be read in rich color. Despite all the fun we could have had with this e-reader we still tore it down and found out what silicon inside were making these features possible. |
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Memory The SanDisk SDIN4C1 8G NAND flash memory was found on the circuit board, making it possible for the Nook to hold up to 6000 eBooks, as mentioned on barnesandnoble.com. Package markings present on the device were: SanDisk/ SD1N4C1 – 8G/ TAIWAN/ 04556Y160. Inside are two Sandisk/Toshiba 32-Gb memory dies, together with the controller chip (diemark shown).
Hynix provides 512MB of mobile DRAM, comprised of 2 x 256 MB die, with package markings HYNIX/ H8MBX00U0MER/ 06M 051A/ VTJG7911Q.
