MacRumors popped open the latest version, known as " AppleTV3, 2", and found good evidence of a further die shrink: the central block of silicon is just 6 mm x 6 mm, which is even smaller than the 8 mm x 8 mm chip in the newest iPad 2.

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As MacRumors noted yesterday, a look at the download options for the latest Apple TV software update also revealed a new "AppleTV3, 2" model, which it speculated could be an international version of the device -- although it of course remains to be seen if it and this model are one and the same.

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