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Samsung to Buy SanDisk?
Samsung to Buy SanDisk?
It's a (half) well known fact that SanDisk owns a lot of patents concerning flash memory and that this has been the grounds for a lot of lawsuits, arguments and whatnot over the years. Samsung alone has to pay $351 million USD a year to SanDisk in royalties, Samsung being the biggest NAND ...
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Samsung set to buy SanDisk?
theregister.co.uk — The flash memory market is abuzz as Korean news sources, along with Reuters and Bloomberg, are reporting... that Samsung Electronics is thinking about buying SanDisk. A Samsung spokesperson, James Chung, said : "We are considering various opportunities ... (more) Samsung set to buy SanDisk?
Samsung considering M&A deal with SanDisk
marketwatch.com — Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp. and... subject to terms of use . Historical and current end-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data . More information on ... (more) Samsung considering M&A deal with SanDisk
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Samsung Bets Big Flash Market Buy
The Gadgets Weblog — ... sunk to the point where Samsung just can't help themselves and gobble up their competitor. It isn't just an marketshare move because Samsung would also be purchasing Sandisk's patents. Many of which Samsung plays millions in royalties for every year. And since the Sandisk Sansa and the Samsung MP3 players are fierce rivals, there will be some consolodation and shake down in that area as well. > Well Samsung, if you can't beat them, buy them. > Source. See full article. Related Entries: YP-T55 - Flash MP3 ...

Samsung Bets On Big Flash Market Buy
The Gadgets Weblog — ... sunk to the point where Samsung just can't help themselves and gobble up their competitor. It isn't just an marketshare move because Samsung would also be purchasing Sandisk's patents. Many of which Samsung plays millions in royalties for every year. And since the Sandisk Sansa and the Samsung MP3 players are fierce rivals, there will be some consolodation and shake down in that area as well. > Well Samsung, if you can't beat them, buy them. > Source. See full article. Related Entries: YP-T55 - Flash MP3 ...

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