South Korea’s Samsung is a core Apple supplier, producing micro processors, flat screens and memory chips — both dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips and NAND memory chips — for popular Apple gadgets such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod.
Apple has been cutting its orders from Samsung as it tries to diversify its lines of supply for memory chips, although the South Korean firm remains on the list of initial suppliers for the new iPhone, the source told Reuters. The person declined to be named because the negotiations are confidential.
The Korea Economic Daily, citing an unnamed industry source, reported on Friday that Apple had dropped Samsung from the list of memory chip suppliers for the first batch of the new iPhone, whose release is widely expected to be announced on September 12.
The report said Apple instead picked Japan’s Toshiba Corp, Elpida Memory and Korea’s SK Hynix to supply DRAM and NAND chips.
“Samsung is still in the list of initial memory chip suppliers (for new iPhones). But Apple orders have been trending down and Samsung is making up for the reduced order from others, notably Samsung’s handset business,” the Reuters source said.
The 5-foot-7, 191-pound Demps played in 12 games last season at Florida, rushing for 569 yards and six touchdowns.
South Africa completed a good morning’s work when Morne Morkel bowled England captain Andrew Strauss off the last ball before lunch on the second day of the third Test at Lord’s on Friday.
Microsoft on Tuesday temporarily stopped publishing new apps to the Windows Phone Marketplace after discovering an issue with its new digital certificates.
The latter result prompted questions to be raised about whether the Northern Irishman was practicing enough or simply spending too much time with girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki. On Sunday, shooting a six-under-par 66 on the tough Ocean Course, the longest track ever for a major, he gave a resounding answer to his critics . “I was a little frustrated with how I was playing earlier on in the year, but a few people in this (media) room were probably pushing panic buttons for no reason,” the 23-year-old said. The criticism clearly stung and McIlroy said he had provided the perfect reply. “I don’t think I could have answered it in any better way and to be honest… it did motivate me. I did want to go out there and prove a few people wrong and that’s what I did. It took me all of four weeks to get my game back and get out of my mini-slump.” But those words were, typically for the affable Northern Irishman, said with a wry smile rather than a snarl, helped of course by the enormity of his achievement on Sunday. The victory margin eclipsed the previous best for the PGA Championship of seven set by Jack Nicklaus in 1980 and he also became the youngest player to win two major titles since the-then 23-year-old Seve Ballesteros clinched that year’s Masters.
Rory McIlroy brushed aside any lingering doubts over his ability to be a dominant force in golf by storming to a second major title with a stunning eight-shot victory at the PGA Championship on Sunday.
Belarus’ Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of the women’s shot put gold medal at the London Games after she failed a drug test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday. The IOC said in the statement that Ostapchuk was tested positive on both urine samples, indicating
THAT’S ALL FOLKS (7:15 p.m. ET): The closing ceremony is now over. Good show, London. Good show.
