Re: Apple orders 100 million 8Gb flash chips in ramp up for new device(s)?
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Apr 09, 2009 08:27AM
I'd like to see more focus on this "potential" infringer as they are so transparent with regard to their flash use and dollars earned.
When this goes down this could be a huge payday for EDIG as they have done and are doing BIG NUMBERS.
"Just like we saw right around this time last year in preparation for Apple's new iPhone 3G and updated iPod touch, Apple is placing huge orders of NAND chips thereby threatening the supply in demand by other tier-one vendors. This time we've got DigiTimes confirming earlier reports that Apple is cornering the market on flash memory -- specifically, the Taiwanese rumor rag is reporting orders of "100 million 8Gb (8 gigabit, not gigabyte) NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics." That's twice the size of the order reported last year. The tiny memory chips are then recombined during manufacturing into the larger 16GB, 32GB, and so on capacities we expect to find in our handheld consumer electronics. Anyone still doubting new Apple handhelds in June?