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Wednesday, 24 August 2005 |
Apple
to buy 40% of Samsung's flash chips-analyst
Reuters Canada - Toronto,Canada
SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. plans to buy as much as 40 percent
of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s flash memory output in the second half for its
new flash-based iPod Mini MP3 player, research firm iSuppli Corp. said on
Wednesday, quoting unidentified industry sources.
Apple, known for its popular iPod digital music player, is expected to introduce
a version of the iPod Mini that uses NAND flash memory instead of a hard disk
drive for the Christmas season, Nam Hyung Kim, an analyst at iSuppli Corp. said.
"To support production of its flash memory-based iPods, Apple has booked as much
as 40 percent of the NAND output of Samsung for the second half of 2005,
according to our industry sources," Nam said.
"We're not sure now many of the new iPods Apple can sell this holiday season,
but 40 percent would be the maximum in terms of their demand," he added.
South Korea's Samsung is the world's largest producer of NAND flash memory, used
in hot-selling MP3 music players, digital cameras and high-end mobile phones,
commanding a 55 percent share of the market.
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