Meet iPhone's A-Team Suppliers

Updated from 11:23 a.m. EDT

Apple's (AAPL Quote - Cramer on AAPL - Stock Picks) iPhone innards have been revealed, giving investors a key supplier list to ponder.

Research analysts at RBC cracked open a few iPhones and solved the long-running mystery about just which chipmakers would wind up in the guts of the blockbuster mobile phone.

For starters, Intel (INTC Quote - Cramer on INTC - Stock Picks) is not the core chip. Samsung, rather, won the iPhone's main processor job, says RBC.

The news probably comes as little surprise to Intel watchers, who had been warned in advance about getting stiffed on the processor. Intel says it's not a total shutout; the company supplies the 32-megabit flash memory for the iPhone.

The crack team at RBC also identified Broadcom's (BRCM Quote - Cramer on BRCM - Stock Picks) input/output controller chip in the device, confirming speculation that the Irvine, Calif. tech shop was part of the iPhone action. And not to be left out, wireless-chip giant Texas Instruments (TXN Quote - Cramer on TXN - Stock Picks) got the power-management slot.

Other suppliers include Marvell (MRVL Quote - Cramer on MRVL - Stock Picks) with its WiFi chip, Micron (MU Quote - Cramer on MU - Stock Picks) as the producer of the two-megapixel camera sensor and Skyworks (SWKS Quote - Cramer on SWKS - Stock Picks) as the provider of the iPhone's front-end power amplifier, says RBC.

There seemed to be some uncertainty about who provided the iPhone's display drivers. RBC says National Semiconductor (NSM Quote - Cramer on NSM - Stock Picks) may be the supplier.

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As recent tech history shows, getting a key chip into a hot product has proven to be a lucrative gig for some suppliers. For instance, Analog Devices (ADI Quote - Cramer on ADI - Stock Picks) provides chips for the Nintendo Wii, and the company has seen its shares jump 19% since the introduction of the perpetually sold out video-game player on Nov. 19.

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