Apple TV Teardown Shows A4 CPU, 256MB of RAM

Apple's second generation Apple TV is very small; in fact it's a quarter the size of the old one. How did they fit everything inside? More importantly, what the heck is in there?

As always, we have some burning questions when faced with a new gadget and, as always, the iFixit team is more than happy to step up to the plate and tear apart the latest piece of electronics in the name of science. Their latest victim was Apple's Apple TV settop box. Inside they found 256MB of RAM (just like the new iPod touch and the iPad), as well as Apple's A4 CPU and 8GB of NAND flash.

Check out the pictures of the disassembly session below and be sure to click on through to iFixit for the full step-by-step teardown and gallery.