Western Digital mulls options as Tosh favours Bain
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Considering its options


Western Digital has said that it is considering its options as Toshiba indicated it favoured a group of investors led by Bain Capital to buy the world’s second largest manufacturer of flash memory chips.

Toshiba might score a windfall from its memory chip sale
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Price of sale goes up to $22.3 billion

It is starting to look like Toshiba might collect more money from the sale of its memory chip business than it expected.

G.Skill unveils its 16GB DDR4-4600 Trident Z memory kit
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Running at 4600MHz CL19

G.Skill has unveiled its latest extreme performance Trident Z memory kit which comes in 16GB (2x8GB) capacity and working at 4600MHz and CL19 latency.

Western Digital says soz for raining on Toshiba's parade
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We are not like that normally

Western Digital Corp’s CEO has apologised to his counterpart at Toshiba for strained ties after the US firm sued to keep their chip joint venture from being sold to rival bidders.

Western Digital offers $17.4 billion for Toshiba's memory chip business,
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Less than the $18 billion Tosh wanted 

A consortium that includes Western Digital is offering $17.4 billion for Toshiba's memory chip business, which the Japanese conglomerate is trying to sell to cover losses from its US nuclear business, sources said this morning