There is no need to remind our readers that the relationship between Western Digital Corporation and Toshiba remains tense. The companies own a joint venture to produce memory, a share in which WDC inherited after the purchase of SanDisk assets. In this case, Toshiba expects to sell the business of memory, and Western Digital is trying to be among the first bidders for the purchase. The parties use not completely harmless means for each other to achieve their goals, and therefore nothing is solved with the sale of assets, and the conflict has not yet been eliminated. Toshiba only recently admitted that it is ready to return WDC representatives' access to the databases of the joint venture, if the court requests so.
As reported by Reuters , the Japanese side is now ready to single-handedly finance the purchase of equipment for the new production line Fab 6, which will be launched by the middle of next year, and will first master the release of NAND-memory class BiCS, and then participate in the production of memory type 3D NAND, In the range of products Toshiba intends to bring up to 90% by 2019.
Toshiba will have to increase the investment by about 8.3%, so that single investment does not look like an "unbearable burden". In addition, WDC claims that it is ready to seek the right to participate in financing the expansion of the Fab 6 in the future. Yes, and Toshiba itself recognizes that it is ready for negotiations with American partners on this topic.