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Apple Computer Inc. has decided to buy about 40 percent of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s flash memory for its bestseller iPod Mini MP3 player.

Apple is expected to introduce a version of iPod Mini that uses NAND flash memory instead of a hard disk drive.

Samsung is the world’s largest producer of NAND flash memory which is used in hot-selling MP3 music players, digital cameras and high-end mobile phones commands a 55 percent share of the market.