71.   The agreement follows a ruling in early June by the U.S. International Trade Commission that Samsung had infringed two U.S. SanDisk patents on flash memory.

72.   The biggest problem, Sanders said, was flash memory, where prices dropped much more rapidly than expected.

73.   The company has branched out into the manufacture of electronic components such as refrigerator compressors, batteries, flash memory chips and laser pickups for compact discs.

74.   The company said that it had strengthened its position in building flash memories.

75.   The company also said it sees lower revenues from flash memory production because of a likely fall in the price of the chips.

76.   The company blamed the lower-than-expected results on a faltering flash memory market.

77.   The companies, which have been jointly developing flash memory for four years, said they will begin delivering the new chips in late May.

78.   The company wants to use its strength in flash memory to build a larger foothold in the market for the new data-intensive wireless devices.

79.   The entire consumer electronics industry is being affected by component shortages, particularly in flash memory chips.

80.   The Intel advance involves a type of chip, known as flash memory, that already has broad applications in the computer and consumer electronics markets.