“Samsung Electronics has been dumping NAND flash with its customers since late February amid competition from SanDisk, and the situation is likely to become more severe this month, according to channel sources,” Josephine Lien and Esther Lam report for 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,” Lien and Lam report. “Inventory pressure at Samsung has been further aggravated by price reductions from SanDisk.”
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