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iSuppli: Apple iCloud could affect NAND Flash market

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 18th, 2011)

Apple's upcoming iCloud service could have a negative effect on the NAND Flash market says IHS iSuppli. The market research firm suggests a change from phone and computer-based storage to online storage could lessen demand for flash memory in the future. Of course, iCloud in its current from is a ...

New MacBook Airs may include high-speed 400MBps flash memory

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 4th, 2011)

The next generation MacBook Air may get a flash memory boost according to a report from Macotakara. The new NAND flash memory could replace the Blade X-Gale SSDs in the current generation MacBook Air models. This Toggle DDR 2.0 technology boasts of 400 MBps transfer rates and a 19-nm process ...

Apple to become Samsung's biggest customer

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2011)

A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Apple is about to become Samsung's biggest customer in a deal estimated to be worth US$7.8 billion. As part of its purchase, Apple will be securing LCD displays, NAND flash memory and mobile chipsets from the Korean manufacturer. Each of these ...

NAND flash memory supplies constrained (again)

by Chris Rawson (Feb 18th, 2010)

Two things happen like clockwork every year: Apple raises the capacities on its NAND flash-based iPods and the iPhone, and analysts like iSuppli release a report saying that worldwide supplies of NAND flash are likely to be constrained as a result. The supply constraints aren't likely to affect ...

Rumor: Toshiba's 64GB NAND flash chip for iPhone

by Dave Caolo (Dec 15th, 2009)

Last week, a brief tweet from Mobile Review's editor-in-chief, Eldar Murtazin sparked a rumor that Taiwan-based manufacturer Foxconn had received orders to build the next-generation iPhone. This week Toshiba has announced their 64GB NAND flash chip -- the largest capacity in the industry. Is this ...

Chip makers: Apple manipulating flash memory prices

by Dave Caolo (Nov 30th, 2009)

The Korean Times is reporting today that Apple is (allegedly) manipulating the flash memory market. An unnamed source tells the Times that Apple is ordering more chips than it actually purchases: " ... [Apple] doesn't make immediate purchases, but waits until chip prices to fall to the level the ...

iPhone refresh could be straining Apple's flash memory suppliers

by Robert Palmer (Feb 17th, 2009)

According to Ed Sutherland from Cult of Mac, three out of four Apple's NAND flash memory suppliers are feeling the strain as the company demands storage for its new line of iPhones. Sutherland cites a research report by analyst Vijay Rakesh from ThinkEquity. Rakesh says that Samsung has set aside ...

Future Macs could be flash-based

by Dave Caolo (Mar 8th, 2007)

Bloomberg is contemplating the future of Apple laptops this morning. Specifically, flash-based laptops with no internal hard drives. It has been suggested that Apple would use NAND flash memory chips in their machines, which are still much pricier than slim hard drives. Of course, NAND chip ...

Flash-based MacBooks next year?

by David Chartier (Sep 29th, 2006)

Buzz has been flying for a while now around the hard drive's belated evolution into flash-based drives, much like the solid-state memory found in the iPod nano. Engadget has of course been covering this NAND flash memory for some time, while manufacturers have been demoing real-world notebooks that ...