Samsung to Buy SanDisk?
[ Posted on Sep 06 2008 by techguru, Under: MP3 Players ]
It's a (half) well known fact that SanDisk owns a lot of patents concerning flash memory and that this has been the grounds for a lot of lawsuits, arguments and whatnot over the years. Samsung alone has to pay $351 million USD a year to SanDisk in royalties, Samsung being the major NAND flash maker in the world. According to a korean freshs source and half confirmed by a Samsung spokesperson, Samsung is considering buying SanDisk. The plan is in very early stages at best and nothing has...