Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
Apple straining NAND suppliers
Electronista passes along a report saying that Apple's increased NAND chip demand is straining suppliers to the breaking point. Electronista says Apple is trying to acquire a supply large enough to cover the manufacturing of all iPods and iPhones for the second half of 2007, including about 15% more chips than Samsung had agreed to produce. No matter how you look at it, a 400 - 500 million four gigabit (aka 512 MB) chip order is a whole lot. Not enough NANDs may mean longer waits for customers who want to pick up iPhones.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Garmin said 12:56PM on 4-28-2007
Erica,
This is like day old bread, stale. Try posting something newsworthy the day the news breaks and not the day after.
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JeffDM said 2:08PM on 4-28-2007
While we're at it, the whining about Erica's posting is getting rotten and fetid, if not vicious.
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MAB3 said 3:09PM on 4-28-2007
Garmin, this is a blog, not a news site.
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mike said 5:43PM on 4-28-2007
So let me get this straight, Apple might sell about 400 million chips (one way or another), and you think it's a problem that supply will be scarce...
So basically, people will have to wait a bit longer for products that wouldn't otherwise exist, were it not for Apple's supply managment?
Huh?
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kkilby said 6:45PM on 4-28-2007
not to mention NAND is a logical operator not a chip. just stick with saying Flash chips from now on.
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dimwell said 12:27AM on 4-30-2007
Wait ... "all iPods and iPhones for the second half of 2007"?
Flash-based, full-sized iPod? Hrm.
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dimwell said 3:54PM on 5-01-2007
#5 -- You're wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#NAND_memories
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