Although Apple has recently started to order high-capacity NAND flash chips from Samsung Electronics, which is expected to boost the order volume of high-capacity NAND flash in June and July, recent market demand has not picked up following the news, with not any a drop in pricing, but also demand at the spot market also remaining weak, according to sources at downstream makers. In the past, when Apple started to order NAND flash it would spur demand across the whole market, but this has not been observed this year.

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