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Western Digital
Toshiba warns Western Digital not to interfere in sale of its lucrative chip unit
Toshiba doesn’t want Western Digital to interfere in the sale of its NAND flash business. The Japanese giant is threatening legal action, potentially putting the bidding process at risk.
Western Digital held talks with Apple regarding acquiring Toshiba’s chip business
Toshiba has narrowed the list of bidders for its memory chip business to Western Digital’s rivals. Unhappy with the outcome, Western Digital has complained to Toshiba.
iPhone 7 flash memory maker Toshiba could sell its NAND flash unit to Western Digital
DigiTimes estimated this week that flash memory chips for smartphones will remain in high demand throughout 2017 because supply shortages are reportedly “worse than expected” as chip makers are currently transitioning from older 2D NAND to newer 3D NAND technology.
According to a report Friday in The Korea Herald newspaper, citing Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities analysts, Toshiba may spin off of its lucrative NAND flash unit and sell the stake to Western Digital, narrowing the technology and market share gap with its bigger rival Samsung Electronics.