Western Digital Enters SSD Market with $65 Million Acquisition

Western Digital acquires solid-state drive firm
techreport.com 3/30/2009 — Despite displaying a lukewarm attitude toward SSDs last year, Western Digital has taken a big step into the market today by acquiring solid-state drive maker SiliconSystems. The $65 million transaction is already complete, and SiliconSystems has ...

Western Digital buys SSD entry
bit-tech.net 3/31/2009 — Western Digital has bought SSD specialist SiliconSystems for $65 million in order to enter the growing market for low-power solid state storage in netbooks.

Seagate to launch 2TB next month
fudzilla.com 4/1/2009 — Image To tackle Western Digital Seagate works on its 2 Terabyte drive and we ve heard that the company might introduce such a product in the next month. We don t know the price but we learned that 1.5TB Seagate sold really well, despite the issues ...

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Western Digital buys its way into solid-state drive market — CNET News - Business Tech
Western Digital on Monday announced it has acquired solid-state drive maker SiliconSystems for $65 million. The purchase will provide the current market leader in 2.5-inch drives with a way into the growing SSD market. Based in Aliso Viejo, ...

Western Digital snaps up SiliconSystems — The Register
Flash for cash Western Digital is buying solid state disk supplier SiliconSystems for $65m in cash, and will supply SSDs to the netbook, notebook and enterprise markets.… Whitepaper - Accelerating virtualised environments