Portal player Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple, Portal Player parting ways

by Dave Caolo (Apr 20th, 2006)

Portal Player, the long time supplier of media chips for the iPod, has been told that Apple will be going with another vendor for mid and high end, flash-based players (the shuffle and nano, presumably). This is bad news for Portal Player, as the iPod has accounted for 90% of their revenue, EETimes ...

iPod chip manufacturer to make WiFi components

by Dave Caolo (Feb 8th, 2006)

Far be it for us to perpetuate completely unfounded and baseless Apple rumors, but here we go. Chip manufacturer Portal Player, the company that makes the audio chips for our beloved iPods, has announced their intentions to add WiFi and bluetooth support to their line of products (can you say ...