It's not clear if it's related to that mysterious $3.9 billion "strategic investment"
or not, but it looks like Apple could be about to throw some serious
cash in Samsung's direction. According to a report published in the Korea Economic Daily,
Apple is expected to purchase some $7.8 billion worth of components
from Samsung this year, including displays, applications processors, and
NAND flash chips -- all intended for use in iPhones and iPads. As the
paper notes, Apple would become Samsung's single biggest customer if the
deal goes through, although the two obviously aren't strangers to
massive deals -- Apple has already famously run Samsung's flash memory
supplies dry a few times.
