Amid mounting political pressure, Apple has put on hold plans to use memory chips from China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) in…
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Apple looks to diversity memory chip supply chain
Apple is looking to diversify its supply chain from memory chips. That comes after a production disruption at key Japanese partner Kioxia…
1TB iPhone: Smartphone storage capacity zooms on increased demand
Ahead of the potential launch of a 1TB iPhone this year, storage capacity is quickly gaining traction as one of the more important criteria
Micron exec: Smartphone demand in China is starting to come back
Micron’s executive vice president of global operations Manish Bhatia is starting to see some smartphone demand coming back in China, post-COVID-19 lockdown.
Intel CPU shortages may affect SSD adoption in PCs in 2020
Intel’s CPU shortages are expected to continue haunting the PC industry in the first quarter of 2020…
Apple will wring out $18 billion by upselling built-in storage to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users
Apple enjoys hefty double-digit gross margins on extra GB options of between 75 and 94 percent…
Samsung slashes guidance; profit tumbles nearly 29%
The South Korean tech giant announced on Tuesday that its operating profit tumbled 28.7% on the year…
Chinese Apple iCloud accounts are now based in a state-run cloud
Apple users in China have had their data migrated to a local cloud, run by the Red State’s mobile telecoms provider…
UBS: Apple’s iPhone unlikely to recover damaged Chinese marketshare
CEO Tim Cook once envisioned China as Apple’s next big market, set to eclipse even the U.S. in revenue…
Apple is under fire for moving iCloud data to China; Amnesty International blasts move
Apple’s latest move in China has privacy advocates and human rights groups worried…
Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center…
Apple’s China lesson: Think different, but not too different
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will co-chair the Chinese government’s showcase global business forum…
Apple in talks for first order from a Chinese chipmaker
Apple is in talks with state-backed Yangtze Memory Technologies to buy NAND flash chips…
Samsung will earn approximately $110 for each iPhone X; over $4 billion more than from making Galaxy S8 parts
Smartphone titans Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are arch rivals in one of the biggest consumer-product arenas…
Samsung’s profit may top Apple’s for the first time ever – thanks to Apple
Samsung could soon unseat its biggest rival as the tech world’s biggest money making machine…
Apple turns to Samsung for more 3D NAND chip supplies for upcoming iPhones
SK Hynix and Toshiba have both experienced lower-than-expected yield rates for their 3D NAND tech…
Nintendo battles Apple for parts as demand for Switch increases
Nintendo Co.’s biggest battle these days isn’t against other game makers…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone expected to increase RAM to 3GB from 2GB
The memory chip industry is set for an upturn in the third quarter of 2016 as inventories…
Flash memory’s density surpasses hard drives for first time
NAND flash has moved past HDDs in areal density, according to Coughlin Associates…
Breakthrough! ‘3D Xpoint’ memory – up to 1,000 times faster NAND flash – arrives next year
new kind of memory technology is going into production…
10TB SSD in your Mac? New 3D NAND flash will triple capacity of SSDs
Standard consumer SSDs will increase up to an astounding 10TB of storage…
Apple iPhone 6/Plus likely to prompt other phone makers to boost NAND storage
Non-Apple smartphones are also likely to follow Apple and increase NAND…
RBC: Apple iPhone 5’s amazing 93% margin on NAND flash
We estimate that Apple is able to procure NAND flash for…
Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone, says source
Apple Inc has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone…
Toshiba rides Apple Inc.’s ballooning sales
Toshiba Corp, has reason to feel cheerful about ballooning sales at Apple Inc…
SanDisk smackdown highlights Apple’s and Samsung’s smartphone industry dominance
Shares of SanDisk (SNDK) are getting smacked down today….
Why Apple bought Anobit
Apple bought Anobit for two reasons…
Apple confirms purchase of Israel-based Flash-memory part maker Anobit
Apple Inc. said it acquired Anobit Technologies Ltd., an Israeli company…
Apple’s purchase of Anobit would give it a leg up on rivals, allow Apple to use the least costly NAND flash
Apple’s buyout of Israel-based solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturer Anobit Technologies…
Supply chain expects Apple’s September iPhone 5 launch to boost NAND flash memory prices
Indications from inside the flash memory supply chain in the Far East…
Advanced NAND flash manufacturing processes await Apple’s approval
Makers of NAND flash memory found in devices like the iPhone and iPad…
How will Japan disasters affect Apple’s iPad and wannabe rivals’ supply chains?
As one of the world’s biggest customers for the technology, Apple will get its supply…
