Citing industry sources, DigiTimes reports that Apple has increased its purchases of flash memory from Japanese suppliers like Toshiba and Elpida Memory to reduce its reliance on Samsung. Considering Apple’s strained relationship with Samsung, it doesn’t really come as much of a surprise that Apple decided to broaden its supplier base and move away from Samsung. The report

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