Western Digital buys its way into SSD market
Published: 31 Mar 2009 15:57 BST
Western Digital on Monday announced it has acquired solid-state drive maker SiliconSystems for $65m (£45).
The purchase will provide the current market leader in 2.5-inch drives with a way into the growing SSD market.
Based in Aliso Viejo, California, SiliconSystems was established in 2002, and makes SSD products for communications, industrial, embedded systems, medical, military and aerospace applications. SiliconSystems's product lineup includes SSDs with a variety of interfaces, including Sata, EIDE, PC Card, USB and CF, in 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch and CF.
Western Digital has a strong presence in the notebook industry with its 2.5-inch drives, but not the rapidly expanding netbook segment. With the acquisition, Western Digital is now instantly a player in that market.
"SiliconSystems's intellectual property and technical expertise will significantly accelerate WD's solid-state drive development programmes for the netbook, client and enterprise markets," said Western Digital president and chief executive John Coyne in a statement on Monday.
SiliconSystems will be integrated into Western Digital right away. The new business will be named the WD Solid-State Storage business unit.
Credit: Western Digital buys its way into solid-state drive market from CNET News
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