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Apple Buys Flash Chip Maker Anobit

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Posted by: A.P.P.L.E. Date: December 21, 2011
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Apple has purchased the Israeli Flash Chip manufacturere, Anobit, according to a report in the Hebrew daily,  Calcalist(http://www.calcalist.co.il ).  The purchase, falling in line with Apple’s current path of owning as much of the manufacturing as possible, was accomplished with a price tag of $500 Million USD.  Anobit manufacturers a chip which speeds up flash memory and is already in most of Apple’s mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad. If rumors about the potential of this purchase are true,…