No name brand flash MP3 players are temporarily
withholding products to avoid competing with the Nano.
Distributors of non-branded MP3 players in Taiwan will either temporarily
withdraw those products from the market or decrease supply to avoid competing
head-to-head with the popular iPod nano when the Apple Computer NAND flash-based
MP3 player first hits the Taiwan market, according to sources in the local retail
channel.
DDR2 memory is gaining
popularity. ECS
is targetting China for motherboard shipment growth. Hynix
is to triple DRAM testing in Taiwan in the fourth quarter.