Report: Western Digital Bought Toshiba Memory

A breaking report out of Japan this evening states that Western Digital has won the bidding process to take over a portion of Toshiba Memory. The two companies already work together in a joint venture to produce NAND flash memory, an arrangement that started with Toshiba and SanDisk. Western Digital acquired SanDisk in 2016 and inherited the memory manufacturing partnership.

This report, though, is different from the others. We've noticed that some high-ranking personnel from Toshiba America were called to the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan this morning. We reached out for comment but have yet to hear back at this late hour. We may hear an official announcement in the coming days if the original story holds true.

Chris Ramseyer
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Chris Ramseyer was a senior contributing editor for Tom's Hardware. He tested and reviewed consumer storage.

  • DerekA_C
    good news also tomshardware absolutely love the new look of the site job well done!!
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  • chicofehr
    so this means seagate is screwed. nothing left for it to buy in order to get into the ssd market.
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  • HERETIC-1
    Latest news from Toshiba-The Bain group is leading.
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