Apple iPhone will be Powered by NVIDIA PortalPlayer Processors

MaYeR

PortalPlayer Inc., the media processor company that famously lost a key socket in the next-generation iPod nano earlier this year, has secured an applications processor design win in the forthcoming iPhone from Apple Computer Inc., according to a Wall Street research analyst.

Consistent with previous speculation, Nvidia Corp.—which is poised to acquire PortalPlayer in a $357 million deal announced earlier this month—has seen its graphics processor designed into next-generation video iPods due out next year, according to Chris Caso, an analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. (FBR).

In a research note published Tuesday (Nov. 21), Caso wrote that FBR believes that Nvidia's acquisition of PortalPlayer "gives it an inside track at providing an integrated applications / video processor in a future video iPod for 2008." FBR expects combined Nvidia-PortalPlayer music player revenue of $280 million in 2007, following the close of the acquisition, "with the potential for further revenue from an enhanced Apple relationship in the future," according to the note.

Apple has yet to confirm speculation, supported by recent patent applications, that the company is developing a mobile phone product. FBR expects the iPhone to be announced late in the first quarter of 2007, according to the Tuesday research note.

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Strider

PortablePlayer is acquired by Nvidia. Haven't heard of that move. Thanks.

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zrez

I suppose I will have to wait until 2020 to get iGlasses with the look and wink interface.