The iPod Cradle to Grave

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The iPod Cradle to Grave

• By Ollie Goulder

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iPod History

• Apple's hardware engineering chief, Jon
  Rubinstein, ordered by Steve Jobs, assembled a
  team of engineers including
• Hardware engineers Tony Fadell and Michael Dhuey
  
• Design engineer Jonathan Ive.
• iPod Launch
• October 23, 2001
• 110 million unit sold
• September 2007

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iPod Parts

• Microcontroller
• iPod first to third generations Two ARM
  7TDMI-derived CPUs running at 90 MHz.
• iPod fourth and fifth generations, iPod mini,
  iPod nano first generation Variable-speed ARM
  7TDMI CPUs, running at a peak of 80 MHz to save
  battery life.
• iPod nano second generation Samsung
  System-On-Chip, based around an ARM processor.
• iPod shuffle first generation SigmaTel STMP3550
  chip that handles both the music decoding and the
  audio circuitry.

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iPod Parts

• Audio Chip
• All iPods (except the shuffle and the 6G) use
  audio codecs developed by Wolfson
  Microelectronics
• Sixth generation iPods use a Cirrus Logic audio
  codec chip

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iPod Parts

• Storage Medium
• iPod first to sixth generation 45.7 mm (1.8
  in.) hard drives (ATA-6, 4200 rpm with
  proprietary connectors) made by Toshiba

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iPod Parts

• Battery
• iPod first and second generation, nano, shuffle
  Internal lithium polymer batteries
• iPod third to sixth generation Internal
  lithium-ion batteries

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iPod Biodegradability

• Five Centuries
• Other Objects
• Brown paper bag 1-5 months
• Cigarette butts and filters 12 years
• Plastic bags, caps and lids decades
• Aluminum cans 2-5 centuries
• Styrofoam clamshells virtually forever

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Conclusion

• Four Year Lifespan
• People think there is a garbage fairy. You put
  it on the curb and pffft, its gone. They dont
  have a clue, Elizabeth Royte.