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Flash memory prices continue to drop

updated 08:50 am EST, Mon March 20, 2006

Flash memory prices drop

Slow sales of the iPod and more competition is forcing Samsung to drop prices on flash memory, according to the DigiTimes: "With weaker-than-expected iPod nano sales this year, Samsung has been trying to maintain control over its inventory levels by dumping excess stock with memory module makers, according to sources at downstream players. Samsung is pushing its products hardest with companies that it has close ties with, but other firms are receiving attractive quotes from the memory maker as well." The report says that competition from rival memory manufacturer SanDisk, who is selling memory below its cost, has been pushing NAND memory prices down even further. Meanwhile, Hynix--the third largest chip maker behind Samsung and Toshiba--believes that memory prices will drop by 25 percent as oversupply is causing a market glut.

 
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Slowly

03/20, 11:51am reply

The nano is selling slowly?

PookJP

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Bundle 40 of them...

03/20, 01:10pm reply

...into a small metal box, sell it as a really fast and energy efficient notebook hard drive.

boomer0127

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Re: slowly

03/20, 01:25pm reply

Apparently so. Or maybe they just expected a lot more sales.

Just don't discount the report just because you don't believe it. If it we're some company in competition with Apple, then you could argue FUD or the like. But as a supplier, they want to sell, and at high prices (unless they're trying to pressure apple to buy more so as to give the appearance of more sales!)

testudo

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