Hardware
Most models are built with Texas Instruments's TMS320DA25x ARM architecture and digital signal processor that makes up the CPU, while the operating system used is Texas Instruments DSP/BIOS. The peripheral circuits take care of all media decoding without any accelerator chips. The touchpads are managed by Synaptics controllers.
The newer ZEN players uses SigmaTel's STMP3700 ARM, described to be "designed specifically for portable devices". Nucleus RTOS makes up the base of their OSes.
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