WD left to bemoan Bain of existence as Toshiba and pals set up flash fab continent Pangea

WD left to bemoan Bain of existence as Toshiba and pals set up flash fab continent Pangea

8 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/29/toshiba_pangea/

Analysis The Bain consortium buying Toshiba's flash memory business includes Toshiba itself and is setting up "Pangea" to hold its bought assets. Yes, named for a super-continent that split apart 175 million years ago – not a good augury.

Seagate is emerging as a big winner in the deal, if it survives WDC's legal assault. There are nine companies involved in the Bain consortium and they will be part of and fund K.K. Pangea, a special company set up to buy the Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC) and its flash foundry assets for for ¥2 trillion ($18bn).