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Mac mini Late 2014 Teardown

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  • The AirPort card is dispatched after removing one screw and disconnecting two more antennas from their sockets.

  • Gone is the funky cable-connected AirPort card of yesteryear, this AirPort card is now full-fledged PCIe, supporting Wi-Fi ac.

  • Let's take a look at the ICs found on the AirPort card:

  • Broadcom BCM4360KML1G 5G WiFi 3-Stream 802.11ac Gigabit Transceiver

  • Skyworks SE5516 Dual-Band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Front-End Module

  • RF Micro RFFM4293 2.5 GHz FEMS and RFFM4591 5 GHz FEMS

  • Broadcom BCM20702 Single-Chip Bluetooth 4.0 HCI Solution with Bluetooth Low Energy Support

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