SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc will struggle to cut its reliance on rival Samsung Electronics for component supplies, analysts and industry sources said on Thursday, despite speculation that it has begun reducing its use of Samsung memory chips.

Japan's Elpida Memory Inc has been supplying more than 50 percent of its production of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip for mobile devices to Apple Inc since late last year, a source with direct knowledge of Elpida's sales breakdown said ...

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) said it’s in talks to buy Elpida Memory Inc., the Japanese chipmaker that filed for bankruptcy in February, adding capacity to make chips used in personal computers and smartphones. Micron got the approval from the ...

SEOUL May 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Elpida Memory Inc has been supplying more than 50 percent of its production of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip for mobile devices to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) since late last year, a source with direct ...

Micron Technology Inc.’s (MU) decision to bid for Japanese chip maker Elpida might well turn out to be a great one. Now that the company has won an excusive right for helping to pay off Elpida’s debt, the news of tablet maker Apple Inc.’s (AAPL ...

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Japanese memory chip vendor, Elpida must be a bankrupt company but its acquisition is a hot topic of discussion among the market watchers, analysts and the media. After a lot of speculation, Micron had finally announced that, it will ...

According to the IHS iSuppli DRAM market tracker report, the market for DRAM is expected to partially reverse the drastic losses it incurred in 2011 and achieve revenue growth this year. It' s the result of balanced supply and demand following the exit of ...

Apple has taken a punt on bankrupt Japanese DRAM manufacturer Elpida, placing orders for a whopping 50 per cent of the firm’s production of chips at its Hiroshima facility, according to Digitimes. Industry sources told the Taiwanese tech title that ...

Earlier this month Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was named the top bidder in the auction for bankrupt Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory. Now, it seems that some creditors think that Micron’s $2.5 billion bid is too low and they are ...

The Taipei-based publisher said on Tuesday that Apple has placed "huge orders for mobile DRAM" chips with Elpida, a Samsung rival. That news alone drove Samsung's shares down 6 percent, wiping the $10 billion off the market value on Wednesday ...