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Western Digital

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38 articles rising

Western Digital has appeared in 38 articles since 2015-10. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Sandisk, Toshiba, Japan, Kioxia.

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17
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Coverage Timeline

2026-02-18
Bloomberg 8 related

Sources: Western Digital plans to raise $3.09B by selling a Sandisk stake at $535-$555/share, a 9.4% discount to Tuesday's close; the offering is oversubscribed

Western Digital Corp. is seeking to raise $3.09 billion from the sale of a stake in Sandisk Corp., after the digital storage company spun off …

2026-02-17
Bloomberg 2 related

Sources: Western Digital plans to raise $3.09B by selling a Sandisk stake at $535-$555/share, a 9.4% discount to Tuesday's close; the offering is oversubscribed

Western Digital Corp. is seeking to raise $3.09 billion from the sale of a stake in Sandisk Corp., after the digital storage company spun off …

2024-02-06
Reuters 5 related

Japan plans to extend ~$1.64B in subsidies for Kioxia and Western Digital to expand memory chip production, after merger talks between the two stalled in 2023

Sam Nussey / Reuters :

2023-10-30
Reuters 7 related

Western Digital plans to split into two companies to focus on hard drives and flash memory, after the Western Digital-Kioxia merger collapsed; WDC jumps 12%+

Western Digital (WDC.O) said on Monday it would split itself into two companies that would focus on the hard drive and flash memory markets …

2023-10-26
Bloomberg 9 related

Kioxia investor SK Hynix isn't agreeing to the Kioxia-Western Digital merger “at this time” due to “the overall impact on the value of the company's investment”

- Its opposition introduces more uncertainty to a landmark deal  — Western Digital and Kioxia have talked for years about a combo

2023-10-18
Financial Times 4 related

Sources: SK Hynix refused to approve the merger of Kioxia and Western Digital, a blow to Bain Capital's ambitions of creating a US-Japan chip company

Financial Times :

2023-02-01
Bloomberg 6 related

Western Digital raised $900M from Apollo Global and Elliott, which sources say is a precursor to merging with Japan's Kioxia, as the memory chip sector shrinks

Western Digital Corp. is receiving a $900 million investment led by Apollo Global Management Inc., getting financial firepower …

2022-10-27
Nikkei Asia

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings and US-based Western Digital open a ~$6.79B flash memory fab in Japan's Mie Prefecture, amid a downturn for memory chips

Ryosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia :

2021-08-26
Wall Street Journal 14 related

Sources: Western Digital is in advanced talks to merge with Kioxia, the chipmaker spun out of Toshiba in 2018, in a deal that could be valued at more than $20B

2017-10-02
Bloomberg 1 related

Sources: how Bain-led bid for Toshiba chip unit won out, after Western Digital overplayed its hand with a lowball offer and an attempt to block sale to others

Sale of flash memory unit sparked a ferocious bidding war  —  Rift with Western Digital began with April clash in California

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TEXXR tracks 40 Techmeme articles mentioning Western Digital, dating back to December 2014. The biggest stories include Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading... and Western Digital reports a network breach, saying the hacker obtained some company data.... Frequently covered alongside Toshiba, Kioxia, Western Digital Corp., Sandisk, and Seagate. Coverage has increasingly focused on enterprise, consumer themes.

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