Given how much the semiconductor and chip equipment industry have been laying off for the past couple years, this is good news for them
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Apple Continues to Create Industry-Wide Flash Memory Shortages
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Do you remember the holiday season just a couple years ago, when there simply weren't enough iPods to meet demand?
It's just crazy to think about how Apple has grown the past several years.
It's just crazy to think about how Apple has grown the past several years.
Great minds think alike here.
If it was just for iPods and Iphones Apple would have to be selling far more than has been acknowledged. However that doesn't mean a tablet. Apple could do something wonderful like put all of the the apps and OS on a fast solid state storage device and use the harddrive for bulk user storage. This would be extremely nice on an IMac but maybe a tiny bit expensive for a Mini.
What is would do is increase the perceived speed of the machines without adding much complexity. A serial ATA port would be more or less free and the portable storage modules have thin formats that would make such an approach easy to design in. 64 GB is about the minimal size required here.
dave
If it was just for iPods and Iphones Apple would have to be selling far more than has been acknowledged. However that doesn't mean a tablet. Apple could do something wonderful like put all of the the apps and OS on a fast solid state storage device and use the harddrive for bulk user storage. This would be extremely nice on an IMac but maybe a tiny bit expensive for a Mini.
What is would do is increase the perceived speed of the machines without adding much complexity. A serial ATA port would be more or less free and the portable storage modules have thin formats that would make such an approach easy to design in. 64 GB is about the minimal size required here.
dave
Nope, Apple is pretty much to blame.
When you have companies decline to ship to anyone other than Apple it is certainly Apple causing the problem.
Dave
When you have companies decline to ship to anyone other than Apple it is certainly Apple causing the problem.
Dave
Yes, I don't like the way this story is written, because it doesn't give a reason why, or how much flash memory Apple has bought. It sounded like the real story was that there's a industry-wide flash memory shortage, but macrumors strongly believed that it's all thanks to Apple so decided to throw that in the tittle. If that's the case then it's bad journalism, and if Apple truly is to blame it's bad journalism because they don't explain how Apple could be responsible, when everything uses flash. In other words it doesn't make sense. When you think off all of the devices that uses flash memory, like UBS sticks, SD Cards, Digital Cameras, High Def Camcorders, Cell Phones. Makes me want to google to see how others reported this story, but I doubt this is big news.
Indeed. I can't really see any side of this story that would compel someone to vote positive...
Oooooooohh, Nelly!
You mean they're not already?
It doesn't help though that flash vendors deliberately orchestrate shortages to keep their prices high - that is why SSD will never become a reality as a cheaper technology will come along that doesn't have the cartel like behaviour as what happens in the flash market.
All the big flash producers whine about the dropping cost of flash - and amazing how suddenly a number of factories suddenly require upgrading hence they're taken offline. All this doesn't occur because of coincidence; it is an orchestrated programme by flash producers to jack up prices, reduce supply then turn around to the biggest buyer on the block and blame that - being Apple. An attempt to deflect off their corrupt cartel like behaviour.