SanDisk Acquired by Western Digital for $19 Billion

I hope they don't ruin the brand. SanDisk is my "go-to" when buying SD cards for my camera.

http://petapixel.com …n-digital-for-19-billion/

same here, but wow 19billion!

It's not just about the memory card business, they want to break into the SSD market, I can't even find a SSD made by WD, though they are hybrid drives, which are really useless in reality

RichSoansPhotos wrote in post #17754722
It's not just about the memory card business, they want to break into the SSD market, I can't even find a SSD made by WD, though they are hybrid drives, which are really useless in reality

Yep. $86.50 per share may actually end up being a huge bargain for WD.

Ruin the brand? Pretty sure WD has some experience in the industry.

WD also owns HGST, which was, and still is known to produce the most durable hard drives.

WD is a pretty solid, innovative company and well run. Let's hope SD grows under their wing. It's my favorite ss card next to Lexar.

I actually find it intriguing that Lexar hasn't entered the SSD space yet, as they usually make the highest-performing flash cards, maybe they're waiting for the right time to enter? Maybe they've got something amazing up their sleeves?

Lexar may not be as huge an outfit as SD. They could be "comfortable" where they are without the huge corporate overheads to worry about.....

But yeah, I hope they have something solid up their sleeves too. Love their cards....

It's a done deal, with WD's shareholders approving the takeover
http://www.computerwor​ld.com …r-is-now-a-done-deal.html

Wow!

Kolor-Pikker wrote in post #17755479
WD also owns HGST, .

...which were Hitachi, which were IBM,.. and so on, and so on,.

So, expect some WD specific made SSD (and not ones made by Sandisk) in the future, though Samsung make reasonably fast SSD.