I've had to resort to inspecting the circuit board photos of FCC filings way too much lately to identify the processors being used in devices
If you're writing and have to do that then explicitly call out the manufacturers in the article.
I don't know what a SoC is :/
System on chip.
It's basically all of the stuff needed to make a device function on a single board. Radios, processors, memory, etc.
Ah gotcha. Thank you so much!
System on Chip. Basically the CPU, and a lot of other hardware often including the sensors and wireless adapters. So, a very important, core component of any modern device.
I guess they don't disclose it because they change it frequently. If whatever new arm chip became discounted, they just switch to that.
I noticed this a long time ago, Asus did this with their entry level routers frequently, but they at least disclosed it. You had to be careful, the same router with the same name could be totally different inside, only the revision number changed.
Then they can put a damn revision number on a sticker or as part of the serial number.
They want your data. If you start trying to modify the device you become less lucrative
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