<story><title>Western Digital agrees to buy SanDisk for about $19B</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-21/western-digital-agrees-to-buy-sandisk-for-about-19-billion</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>shas3</author><text>The consolidation in the semiconductors&amp;#x2F;chip IP industry, thus far in 2015:&lt;p&gt;1. Intel-Altera: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-06-01&amp;#x2F;intel-buys-altera-for-16-7-billion-as-chip-deals-accelerate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-06-01&amp;#x2F;intel-buys...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Avago-Broadcom (and earlier, Avago + LSI):
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;avago-said-near-deal-to-buy-wireless-chipmaker-broadcom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;avago-said...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Silicon Imaging-Lattice:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;lattice-to-buy-silicon-image-for-600-million-1422358580&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;lattice-to-buy-silicon-image-for...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. NXP-Freescale:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eetimes.com&amp;#x2F;document.asp?doc_id=1327236&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eetimes.com&amp;#x2F;document.asp?doc_id=1327236&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;5. (2014) Cirrus-Wolfson:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eetimes.com&amp;#x2F;document.asp?doc_id=1322171&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.eetimes.com&amp;#x2F;document.asp?doc_id=1322171&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;6. Avago is further looking at Xilinx, Maxim, and Renesas: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;us-chipmakers-m-a-avago-idUSKBN0NZ27520150514&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;us-chipmakers-m-a-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is one industry that is in flux ATM.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Further afield, though tightly coupled with this industry, on the manufacturing equipment side, Lam Research announced acquisition of KLA-Tencor today &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;semiconductor-firm-lam-research-to-buy-kla-tencor-1445419669&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;semiconductor-firm-lam-research-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Western Digital agrees to buy SanDisk for about $19B</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-21/western-digital-agrees-to-buy-sandisk-for-about-19-billion</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sschueller</author><text>This sucks for consumers. Prices are already way to high for HDs and don&amp;#x27;t seem to come down anymore. It is as if there is some sort of price fixing going on.</text></comment>