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Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19 billion

Two major storage companies could soon combine forces: Western Digital has announced plans to buy SanDisk in a deal valued at $19 billion. Western Digital is probably best known for producing hard drives, while SanDisk is a major player in the flash storage space. Western Digital says the acquisition will help the company expand its product lineup […]

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Intel to acquire chip maker Altera for $16.7 billion

Semiconductor companies must be in season. A few days after chip maker Avago announced plans to acquire Broadcom for $37 billion, Intel has announced a deal to acquire chip maker Altera for $16.7 billion. Both of these deals come just a few months after NXP bought Freescale. Update: Intel’s acquisition of Altera was finalized on December […]

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Chip maker NXP buys Freescale

NXP Seminconductors is buying Freescale Semincoductor in a deal that the company says will create a $40 billion company once the merger is complete. NXP is best known for producing chips used in the automotive industry, but the company also produces NFC chips used in devices like the iPhone 6. Freescale’s processors are used in […]

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T-Mobile, MetroPCS announce merger plans

US wireless carriers T-Mobile and MetroPCS have announced plans to merge in an effort to increase their  network coverage and combine resources to roll out 4G LTE service. The deal would involve MetroPCS (the smaller of the companies) actually buying T-Mobile and then giving a controlling stake to Deutsche Telekom, the German carrier that currently […]