Editor’s note: Information from this teardown is supplied courtesy of TechInsights. Learn more about the Apple Visions Pro teardown here.
Augmented reality (AR) has finally become a staple in the consumer electronics field after many years of being a fringe technology.
Unlike virtual reality (VR), which takes place completely in a new world or environment, AR, or sometimes called mixed reality, mixes both real-world environments with virtual images. It was made famous years ago with Pokémon Go. However, that game was limited to smartphones, but it kicked off numerous ways the technology could be used.
This includes the industrial and professional markets that use it for construction, logistics, repair, maintenance and more. Apple has gotten into the mix with its own products including the Apple Vision Pro headset, which features its proprietary applications processor, display driver and more. As well as components for memory and other subsystems.
The following is a partial deep dive in the Apple Vision Pro conducted by TechInsights.
Summary
6 inch OLED
1.8 megapixel tracking camera
Availability: Worldwide
Target market: Consumer electronics
Price: $3,500
Release date: June 2023
Main board
The main board housed inside the Apple Vision Pro head unit includes SK Hynix’s 8 GB of mobile LPDDR5 SDRAM and the main applications processor in Apple’s 64-bit octo-core M2. Other electronic components include:
- Apple’s power management ICs
- Kioxia’s 256 GB 3D TLC NAND flash memory
- NXP Semiconductor’s NFC and secure element chip
- ST Microelectronics’ power management IC
- Renesas’ load switch
- Nexperia’s four bit dual-supply buffer/level translator
- SiTime’s MEMS oscillator
- TI’s single-bit bus transceiver
- Onsemi’s LDO regulators
- Murata’s Saw filter and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi front-end module
- Skyworks’ 5 GHs front-end module
- Qorvo’s SPDT RF switch
(Learn more about microprocessors on Globalspec.com)
Micro-OLED board
The Apple Vision Pro AR head unit contains two 100 Hz micro-OLED displays. Inside these displays are the following electronic components:
- Apple’s micro-OLED display driver
- Texas Instruments’ current/power monitor, 1.2 V comparator, single 2-input positive AND gate, triple buffer driver and DC-DC step-down converter.
- Dialog Semiconductor’s programmable mixed-signal array
- Winbond’s serial flash memory 16 MB
- Analog Devices’ LDO regulator
(Learn more about mixed-signal ICs on Globalspec.com)
Battery subsystem
The battery board inside the Apple Vision Pro AR includes the Bosch Sensortec three axis MEMS accelerator. Other components include:
- TI’s adjustable step-down converter, single two-input positive OR gate and temperature sensor
- Nexperia’s single bus buffer and tri-state buffer
- GigaDevice’s serial flash memory
- Onsemi’s 28 V/5 A rated current limit switch
- Renesas’ battery charger and buck-boost voltage regulator
(Learn more about MEMS sensors on Globalspec.com)
Some of the components found inside the Apple Vision Pro. Source: TechInsights
Major components
- $432.20 — 100 Hz left micro-OLED display subsystem — Sony (Qty: 1)
- $432.20 — 100 Hz right micro-OLED display subsystem — Sony (Qty: 1)
- $111.69 — 64-bit octa-core applications processor — Apple (Qty: 1)
- $98.12 — Sensor processing unit with memory — Apple (Qty: 1)
- $86.35 — Battery subsystem — Apple (Qty: 1)
- $44.59 — Left audio strap subsystem (Qty: 1)
- $39.53 — Right audio strap subsystem (Qty: 1)
- $39.45 — Multichip memory — 8 GB mobile LPDDR5 SDRAM — Hynix (Qty: 2)
- $26.75 — Light seal (Qty: 1)
- $16.79 — Multichip memory — 256 GB 3D TLC NAND flash — Kioxia (Qty: 1)
