Samsung Predicts Shortage of NAND Memory for H2 2007

Within a couple of years, the market for flash memory litteraly exploded. One can find NAND memory everywhere, from the USB key to the last mobile phone model. Of course adoption of this type of memory by Apple in its iPod mini and nano has massively contributed to the development of NAND. The upcoming iPhone sporting 4 or 8GB flash memory-based storage unit, as well as the expected NAND-based SSD should sustain the demand for such memory. According to Samsung, it could even lead to a shortage, and the consequent increase of prices.
It remains of course to be demonstrated if this announcement is not delivered to stress a bit the market and artificially raise the price of NAND. Other flash memory manufacturers are reported to have decreased their NAND production volume, but what would happen if a Apple is looking a for a large amount of NAND chips at a good price. For sure they will fight to secure the deal.