DigiTimes reports that Apple continues on a NAND flash buying spree, which restricts supply.
Sources at Taiwan memory houses indicated that Hynix and Samsung began reserving more of their stock for Apple starting from July resulting a strain on supply to other customers. Both Hynix and Samsung had informed their customers in late June that supply in July will be constrained, citing the fact that Apple is about to pre-stock NAND flash to meet the coming seasonal upturn. More …
Got to love a company that takes care of its own.