It seems that HP is making quite a profit on each unit of the TouchPad tablet, since this slate costs a mere $307 to make. iSuppli recently published some estimations regarding the costs of the components needed to make a TouchPad.
The cost is associated to a 16GB WiFi model and it’s $17 less than the cost for a 3G iPad 2. Meanwhile, the 32GB version costs $328, but keep in mind that these amounts don’t include marketing, R&D and other factors. Breaking the cost down, we find that the IPS LG Display with a 9.7 inch diagonal is the most expensive component, at $63.50, according to iSuppli.
There’s also a Cypress touch controller on board, priced at $11.75 and a 1.2GHz Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon CPU, that’s quite a big change from the rivaling iPad 2, with its Apple A5 chipset. As far as memory goes, HP is using SanDisk’s iNAND flash memory, priced at $23 for 16GB and $45 for 32GB. Apparently, HP could trim down the design of its tablet, making it slimmer and still keeping these components…
