With Toshiba and Hynix already reducing their NAND flash production in the fourth quarter, Samsung used the market situation to create a tight supply situation in order to boost the price of microSD cards and NAND flash, the market sources explained.
Toshiba reduced its NAND flash production by 30%, the market sources added. Memory module makers estimated that with limited shipments of NAND flash, prices would not drop before the Lunar New Year holidays.
microSD memory card prices spike 50 percent
Posted on Wednesday, December 24 2008 @ 4:06 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck