Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Home
Business
Business Home
Economy
Technology
Media
Small Business
Green Business
Legal
Deals
Earnings
Summits
Business Video
Markets
Markets Home
U.S. Markets
European Markets
Asian Markets
Global Market Data
Indices
M&A
Stocks
Bonds
Currencies
Commodities
Futures
Funds
peHUB
World
World Home
U.S.
Brazil
China
Euro Zone
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Afghan Journal
Africa Journal
India Insight
Global News Journal
Pakistan: Now or Never?
World Video
Politics
Politics Home
Front Row Washington
Politics Video
Technology
Technology Home
MediaFile
Science
Tech Video
Opinion
Opinion Home
Chrystia Freeland
Felix Salmon
John Lloyd
Jack Shafer
Breakingviews
David Rohde
Bernd Debusmann
Gregg Easterbrook
Nader Mousavizadeh
James Saft
David Cay Johnston
Edward Hadas
Hugo Dixon
Ian Bremmer
Mohamed El-Erian
Lawrence Summers
Susan Glasser
The Great Debate
Newsmaker
Money
Money Home
Analyst Research
Global Investing
MuniLand
Reuters Money Blog
John Wasik
Unstructured Finance
Alerts
Watchlist
Portfolio
Stock Screener
Fund Screener
Personal Finance Video
Life & Culture
Health
Sports
Arts
Faithworld
Business Traveler
Left Field
Entertainment
Oddly Enough
Lifestyle Video
Pictures
Pictures Home
Reuters Photographers
Full Focus
Video
Article
Comments (0)
Follow Reuters
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
YouTube
Read
Niger faces local anger if it delivers Gaddafi son
|
29 Oct 2011
Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes: report
29 Oct 2011
Jobless US vets say military experience not valued
29 Oct 2011
Saudi prince backs cleric's bounty offer for Israeli soldier
29 Oct 2011
Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes
|
29 Oct 2011
Discussed
289
Obama to announce help on housing, student loans
115
Two abortion clinic employees plead guilty to murder
90
Nazi jokes, wrath at Germans highlight Greek despair
Watched
New CPR technique revives man after 63 minutes without pulse
Thu, Oct 27 2011
Video purports to show Gaddafi capture
Mon, Oct 24 2011
Qantas: Dispute tribunal to decide
Sat, Oct 29 2011
Samsung president sees DRAM market worsen due to Thai flood
Tweet
Share this
Email
Print
Related News
Samsung surges past Apple in smartphones, upbeat on Q4
Fri, Oct 28 2011
Samsung Elec sees Thailand floods hurting PC output, chip prices
Fri, Oct 28 2011
Thai floods batter global electronics, auto supply chains
Fri, Oct 28 2011
RPT-Thai floods threaten Asia PC makers holiday sales
Mon, Oct 24 2011
Samsung, Google unveil phone for revamped Android
Wed, Oct 19 2011
Analysis & Opinion
In the Larry Page era, wither the splashy Google product launch?
Apple’s iPhone 4S greeted with a strike in Italy?
Related Topics
Technology »
Media »
iPad »
Customers look at Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S II LTE smartphones on display at a shop at the company's headquarters in Seoul October 28, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak
SEOUL |
Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:03pm EDT
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' president expected Thailand floods to further hit the computer memory chip market by hurting PC production until the first quarter of next year.
The flooding since July hit production of hard disk drives (HDD) in the world's No.2 producer of the major PC component, compounding the woes of the PC industry, already struggling with a slowing economy and a challenge from smartphones and tablets.
Samsung is the world's top maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) which is widely used in PCs and competes with Hynix, Elpida and Micron.
"There is too much uncertainty in the (DRAM) market... A disruption in PC production will have a direct impact on DRAM demand. Maybe (the DRAM market) will get worse," Jun Dong-soo, president of Samsung's memory business, told reporters late on Friday.
His comments were embargoed until Sunday.
The DRAM industry has suffered from weak demand and over capacity, with DRAM prices slumping about 50 percent in the third quarter alone. Major DRAM makers, except for Samsung, posted quarterly losses.
Jun said, however, that a shortage of HDD is seen lifting demand for a potential replacement, solid-state drive (SSD), currently used in only a small number fraction of PCs such as Apple's MacBook Air.
"It is true that we are seeing more orders, albeit not many, for SSD after the flood," he said.
But he said the high price tag of SSD would prevent the mass adoption of the data storage component despite benefits such as faster boot time and lower power consumption.
"It will take time that the SSD penetration rate will become a double-digit (from the current 3 to 4 percent)," he said.
He also downplayed market concerns that Samsung's intensifying legal battle with Apple would weaken Samsung's ties with its other key customers.
Samsung supplies Apple with memory chips and application processors used in Apple's iPhones and iPads, market experts say.
He expressed confidence on Samsung chips' competitiveness, saying, "We don't' care (about the legal row). We will leave (Apple) no choice but to use our components. It has no impact."
Samsung Electronics' chief operating officer Lee Jae-yong also told reporters this month that he discussed with Apple CEO Tim Cook supplying components until 2014 after attending a memorial service for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He did not elaborate.
Apple and Samsung have been engaged in a legal battle worldwide since Apple sued Samsung in the United States in April, saying the South Korean company's Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" copied the iPhone and iPad.
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Ron Popeski)
Technology
Media
iPad
Related Quotes and News
Company
Price
Related News
Tweet this
Link this
Share this
Digg this
Email
Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment on reuters.com.
Add yours using the box above.
Social Stream (What's this?)
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Back to top
Reuters.com
Business
Markets
World
Politics
Technology
Opinion
Money
Pictures
Videos
Site Index
Legal
Bankruptcy Law
California Legal
New York Legal
Securities Law
Support & Contact
Contact Us
Advertise With Us
Connect with Reuters
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
RSS
Podcast
Newsletters
Mobile
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider
An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution
A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance
Our next generation legal research platform
Our global tax workstation
Thomsonreuters.com
About Thomson Reuters
Investor Relations
Careers
Contact Us
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.