Voracious iPhones and iPods Gobbling up a Quarter of Flash Supply

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*Source: ExtremeTech (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...60146,00.asp)*
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Earlier this year prices for NAND-based flash chips were on the rise (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2108698,00.asp) because of low supplies and the expectation that flash-hungry devices like Apple's new iPhone and iPod would eat up what little surplus already existed in the market.

A new report from market intelligence firm DRAMeXchange confirms that trend.

In March, contract prices for 4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-Gbyte single-level cell NAND flash chips increased by between 4 and 7 percent, amounting to the second pricing jump in 2007 alone. Consumers can now expect a third jump very soon, according to DRAMeXchange.

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