Western Digital grabs SSD firm

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SiliconSystems will immediately be rebranded as WD Solid-State Storage business unit

Hard drive storage vendor Western Digital has completed a $65m (£45.5m) cash acquisition of solid state drive (SSD) vendor SiliconSystems. Integration of the California-based company starts im...

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