Apple's iPad to dominate NAND use in tablets through 2015

摘要

Apple Inc.'s iPad accounts for nearly 80 percent of the NAND flash memory used in media tablets and is expected to continue to dominate worldwide demand for NAND in tablets through at least 2015, accord-ing to market-researcher IHS iSuppli. Apple's iPad accounted for 78 percent of global gigabyte shipments of NAND for use in media tablets in 2011, down from 92 percent in 2010, according to IHS. Despite the inroads of competitors this year, Apple will continue to domi-nate tablet NAND purchasing in 2012, with a 72 percent share of gigabyte shipments, the market researcher pro-jects. By 2015, Apple will still account for the majority of tablet NAND purchasing, at 58 percent, according to IHS's forecast.