According to numerous publications, we know that the Japanese company Toshiba forced to seek buyers for about 20% of its business for the production of solid-state memory. Although in conjunction with SanDisk's assets inherited the American partner of Western Digital Corporation Japanese release more of NAND chips, the Korean giant Samsung bypasses them in terms of revenue due to a higher proportion of expensive 3D NAND memory in its product range.
According to Reuters citing knowledgeable sources, Samsung does not show interest in buying Toshiba assets, but among potential strategic investors have been seen not only Western Digital Corporation and Micron Technology, but also Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), as well as the Chinese semiconductor holding Tsinghua Unigroup. Only the Korean company SK Hynix publicly confirmed its intention to acquire stake in Toshiba business profile.
Well-informed sources say that Toshiba management would turn away from competitors offerings . Reason is simple enough: the sale of assets to other memory manufacturers require long approval from antitrust authorities, and Toshiba need money by the end of March this year.