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"The agreement gives Seagate select elements of Samsung’s hard drive business, including Samsung’s high-capacity M8 hard drives and semiconductors used to make
by fletchowns 15y ago
"The agreement gives Seagate select elements of Samsung’s hard drive business, including Samsung’s high-capacity M8 hard drives and semiconductors used to make solid-state drives"
- ghc 15y agoSamsung will continue to make SSDs and other products based on its NAND business, but Seagate will gain NAND supplied by Samsung that it needs to launch its own SSD business along with acquiring the entire Samsung HDD business. This was probably the only way for Seagate to complete the deal. Samsung's NAND business is probably more valuable than the entirety of Seagate. Here's the rundown: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=samsung-seagate-alignment-announce-pr&vgnextoid=d00a78162ab6f210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=...