The sale of semiconductor business Toshiba soon promises to come to an end. on June 15 that the board of company directors will be determined the winner of the auction for the acquisition of the Toshiba Memory unit .
The Toshiba Memory division was created in early April. The sale of Toshiba assets should bring the company about $ 20 billion. This money should save the company from the fatal consequences of unprofitable activity in the US. Recall that Toshiba some time ago acquired in the US business in nuclear power and is now trying to minimize the consequences of bankruptcy Westinghouse Electric. The obstacle in this way was the intervention in the process of the company Western Digital, a partner of Toshiba for the release of NAND and 3D NAND. The company Western Digital requires a special relationship and is not ready to pay more than it plans.
Anonymous sources report that in the struggle for Toshiba's assets there are two buyers. The first is Broadcom company with the support of Silver Lake investment fund, and the second is Western Digital company with the support of one of the Japanese financial institutions. Broadcom offers Toshiba assets of 2.2 trillion yen ($ 20 billion), and Western Digital - slightly less (2 trillion yen).