The news is
quite surprising coming directly from Japan related to its success Western
Digital won the bidding process to take over some of Toshiba's existing memory
division today.
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| WD & Toshiba |
As we all
know, the two companies have worked together on a joint venture to bring NAND
flash memory, an arrangement beginning with Toshiba and SanDisk. While Western
Digital acquired SanDisk in 2016 and inherited the memory-making partnership to
date.
The news is
practically ending speculation circulating in the media of Japan and the United
States some time lately. But as news reported by Reuters, WD actually withdrew
from the negotiations to buy the memory business Toshiba, in an effort to
strengthen its position in the business.
As a follow
up of this, some high-ranking personnel from Toshiba America reportedly
immediately called to face its headquarters based in Tokyo, Japan. However,
Toshiba does not seem to have officially revealed the matter so far.