Toshiba sues Western Digital as sale is delayed
Trouble at mill
Toshiba has had to push back its timeline to clinch a sale of its flash memory chip unit, saying the $18 billion deal was being held up due to differences of opinion within the consortium chosen as preferred bidder.
Western Digital goes for Toshiba injunction
Auction might be scuppered.
Western Digital is going for a court injunction to prevent Toshiba from flogging its chip business without the U.S. firm's consent in a move that might scupper the auction.
Western Digital gets allies for Toshiba chip buy
Still fighting for a load of old Tosh
Western Digital may join a consortium of Japanese government money and KKR & Co LP to bid for Toshiba's chip unit.
Stay out of the sale of chip sale
Toshiba has told Western Digital not to interfere with the sale of its prized chip unit, disputing claims by the US outfit that it had breached a joint venture contract.
Western Digital adds 10TB model to WD Purple line
5400rpm spin and a large cache
Western Digital has expanded its Purple line of hard disk drives (HDDs) with a new 10TB model.
Western Digital releases 512 gigabit 64-layer 3D NAND chip
Claims to be the first ever
Western Digital has lifted the kimono on the first-ever 512 gigabit 64-layer NAND chip claiming it is a stride forward in the new 3D NAND technology.
Toshiba confirms it is selling off memory chips
Flash in the pan
After a couple of months of rumours and speculation, troubled nuclear powered, electronics maker Toshiba has given up on its flash memory chip business and will flog most of it.
Toshiba mulls spinning off its semi-conductor business
Anyone want to pay for a load of old Tosh?
The Japanese tech giant renowned for its creative accounting is thinking of spinning off its semiconductor business and selling a partial stake in the unit to Western Digital.
Western Digital Black NVMe tips up
WD jumps into NVMe market
Western Digital has announced its first entry into the NVMe Solid State Disk market. Coming out of the gate strong, its first offering is a PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe-based SSD that it expects to deliver more than three times the sequential read speeds over their current SATA SSDs portfolio
WD Blue 1TB SSD reviewed
Similar to SanDisk X400, but may need pricing adjustment
Western Digital is a company with a rich history in developing hard disk technologies that have become widely adopted since the era of floppy disk formatters/controllers and the ATA interface.