South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is negotiating a $1.8 billion contract to supply NAND-based, flash-memory chips to Japan’s Sony Corp., according to reports.
The order from Sony could account for one-fifth of Samsung's NAND-based flash-memory production, exceeding the value of its chip sales to Apple Computer Inc., said Chung Chang Won, an analyst at Daewoo Securities Co., in a report from Bloomberg
Another report, which cited an unidentified Samsung official, said that Sony would use the chips in its new MP3 music players. A contract could be signed during the first half of next year, according to the reports.
Samsung, the world’s largest NAND-based flash-memory maker, recently signed a major supply contract with Apple. But in October Samsung blamed the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for killing a deal it was putting together to build a $3.8 billion joint-venture flash memory wafer fab with Apple.
Then, last month, Micron Technology Inc. and Intel Corp. announced plans to create a joint venture to manufacture NAND flash memory for use in consumer electronics, removable storage and handheld communications devices, and in particular, to manufacture for Apple.
The order from Sony could account for one-fifth of Samsung's NAND-based flash-memory production, exceeding the value of its chip sales to Apple Computer Inc., said Chung Chang Won, an analyst at Daewoo Securities Co., in a report from Bloomberg
Another report, which cited an unidentified Samsung official, said that Sony would use the chips in its new MP3 music players. A contract could be signed during the first half of next year, according to the reports.
Samsung, the world’s largest NAND-based flash-memory maker, recently signed a major supply contract with Apple. But in October Samsung blamed the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for killing a deal it was putting together to build a $3.8 billion joint-venture flash memory wafer fab with Apple.
Then, last month, Micron Technology Inc. and Intel Corp. announced plans to create a joint venture to manufacture NAND flash memory for use in consumer electronics, removable storage and handheld communications devices, and in particular, to manufacture for Apple.