[citation][nom]alyoshka[/nom]Why does all this production manipulation feel like big scams... first it was HDDs due to the Thai floods.... now it's the Flash chips...... the big guys really aren't offering us much for the price rise..... as always.[/citation]
Probably because the history of collusion within the industry to fix prices (DRAM, Monitors, etc.)
I mean, since Flash Memory has been trending higher each year as it's included in various forms (phone flash memory, SSD, I could understand that the prices would go up in the short term, but like others have said, it's good over the long run.
As for hihi - this is flash memory on a fab/pre-assembly level, meaning that it's going to affect all products across the board even though there are differences in final product and specifics used per product. Probably why the made mention of OCZ, Samsung, and Apple.