Many analysts agree that the market for SSDs is waiting for large-scale consolidation, with this process will take place around the main manufacturers of hard drives. For example, the interest in the assets associated with the release of SSD, shows the company Western Digital, it announced this week it has completed the takeover of Skyera - supplier of high-performance storage systems based on solid-state memory.
The financial side of the deal were not disclosed, but in a press release Western Digital mentions that after the absorption will be obtained new engineering resources and intellectual property. Skyera units will be part of HGST, a Western Digital structure responsible for the development and production of products, enterprise-level.
Last year, Western Digital has invested in the business Skyera about $ 51 million - then the company talked about joining forces on the technological field.