Apple Monopolizing NOR Flash Market?
Comment from: Mr. Peabody
@twilightmoon Ultimately I’m happy for you that you’ve found ATT acceptable to work with, but comparing ATT with Verizon is roughly like comparing one felony criminal with another one – just my opinion obviously – but – - there you have it. But glad you’re iPhone experience is going well, personally I love most Apple products and find them well worth the investment in every way.
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My mom and dad were down in San Diego near Mexican border (a bit north so not smack on the border but general area). They made phone calls from within US, and were charged use of Mexican international phone towers! AT&T;worked it out, my mom said they were very accommodating. In fact, before my family got iPhones I read many people complaining about AT&T;on here saying how horrid their service was. We had numerous problems with Verizon. My mom had several occasions where she waited over an HOUR at physical store for VERIZON. Numerous cases of being treated horribly both in store and on phone. AT&T;? Not one problem so far, never a wait anything close to an hour. Service that’s dependable, courteous, and for a cell phone company, efficient.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 – 02:51 PM EDT — Apple Stock Quote: 135.92 (-0.79, -0.58%)
Apple monopolizes Taiwan NOR flash market
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 – 08:48 AM EDT
“Both Silicon Storage Technology (SST) and Spansion, who are said to have their capacities fully booked by Apple, have no additional capacity to fulfill demand from motherboard makers,” Hans Wu and Esther Lam report for DigiTimes.
”Given that Apple demands a considerable amount of NOR flash and that there is persistent demand growth from handset vendors in China, Spansion is said to have no additional capacity left, the sources said. Spansion rival SST, which focuses relatively more on the motherboard market, is said to have encountered a similar situation,” Wu and Lam report.
MacDailyNews Note: NOR vs. NAND memory card architecture: NOR flash is typically used for flash memory that’s used to store and run code; it has fast read capability, but is slower than NAND for write and erase functions. For example, in the iPhone, NOR would be used for the operating system code while NAND would be used to store music, videos, etc.
”Citing the present supply situation, several leading NOR flash makers should continue to see their supplies being booked by Apple in the coming months, the sources stressed,” Wu and Lam report.
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