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Oof. Western Digital gets 51% share of the merged entity, but from an earlier article: > As of Q1 2023, Kioxia commanded a 21.5% stake in the NAND memory, whi
by hedora 3y ago
Oof. Western Digital gets 51% share of the merged entity, but from an earlier article:
> As of Q1 2023, Kioxia commanded a 21.5% stake in the NAND memory, while Western Digital secured a 15.2% share, according to TrendForce.
So, the company that recently grew a successful business is being acquired by a company whose stock is slightly down (not inflation adjusted) over the last decade.
- rwmj 3y agoBut WD are still important in spinning disks which for certain markets matter a great deal.
- bombcar 3y agoAnd people have heard of Western Digital. I’ve never heard of Kioxia.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoI assume it's a trademark thing when smaller companies get spun out from the mothership, but it's weird how companies are so willing to ditch their fairly reputable brand names. Similar thing happened with Solidigm. A noticeable amount of people aren't comfortable trusting their data to a company that sounds like a Amazon brand generated via Markov chain... but back when they were Intel-branded they were considered top tier.
- exmadscientist 3y agoPart of it is licensing. Spinoffs don't own the main brand's trademark, so they have to pay royalties for its use. Hence many rebrand.
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoBack before The Incident when I was watching Linus Tech Tips, Kioxia was featured in a number of their videos.
- duskwuff 3y ago> I’ve never heard of Kioxia. 1) You probably don't buy a lot of raw flash memory. Kioxia sells components, not finished products. 2) Before 2019, they were called Toshiba Memory. You might recognize that name better.
- fomine3 3y ago1) They also sell their own made SSD, though it's minor on DIY market. SD card and USB stick too.
- footlose_3815 3y agoSpinning disks are killing themselves off with the way the prices have barely decreased in 5 years. 8TB has been floating around 150 for a while and it hasn't changed. 4TB SSDs are almost as low as 8TB spinners, now. Not arguing for them to not exist, but the market is not being supplied with enough with spinners. Hopefully something changes to make it better.