Apple’s continued success with iPhone and iPod sales continues to drain global flash memory supplies, according to industry analysts at iSuppli.Analyst Carlo Ciriello has gone so far as to warn that Apple’s continued hunger for the component - potentially to also see use in the much-vaunted Apple tablet device - could cause a global shortage of flash memory."If Apple Inc. even comes in close to its forecasted run-rate, there will definitely be shortages of NAND flash in 2010," he warns. It may not go so far, but the analyst does anticipate limited availability of flash memory in the year ahead while manufacturers tweak their production facilities."With inventories having been brought d
