Samsung raises nand-flash prices by 10% due to the loss of competitor YMTC

According to DigiTimes, Samsung has increased the prices of its 3D nand flash memory by 10%. It would be a response to the disappearance of Chinese competitor YMTC, which means that companies such as Apple now have to turn to other memory manufacturers, such as Samsung. YMTC, short for Yangtze Memory Technologies, was put on the US trade ‘blacklist’ last week, which means that US companies are no longer allowed to supply them. The chip manufacturer will run into problems with this, and will soon…