If you care any bit about phones, you'll want to watch this Toshiba sale as the number two player in mobile memory chips comes into the number four.
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Broadcom and Western Digital in the lead for Toshiba chip business
Toshiba is the world's second biggest producer of flash memory chips for smartphones. Foxconn is also said to have a chance at the business.
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Foxconn joins forces with Apple and Amazon to make Toshiba an unrefusable offer for its memory chips
It doesn't sound like Toshiba's coveted NAND flash memory business will be up for grabs much longer, with Foxconn, Apple and Amazon ready to pay up.
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Apple joins long list of interested Toshiba chip business buyers/investors
The potential-brimming chip division of the otherwise struggling Toshiba Corporation has reportedly attracted Apple's interest now.
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Bids for Toshiba chips start at $18 billion, but will Foxconn lead the charge?
SK Hynix and Broadcom are two other foreign bidders for Toshiba's semiconductor unit. No Japanese companies have shown interest as of yet.
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TSMC US decision may come next year
Will Apple's most important supplier want to set up a factory in the United States in 2018? Or even 2019? Will it have a reason to by then?
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It’s review season with the LG G6, Huawei P10, HTC U Ultra | #PNWeekly 243
We extend our commentary on those devices, the HTC U Ultra, the Huawei Watch 2 and the LG Watch Sport for well over an hour on our podcast this week.
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TSMC and Foxconn reportedly pair up to bid for Toshiba’s semiconductor unit
The two Taiwanese semiconductor companies are looking for a brace against Samsung's powerhouse position in the industry. Teaming up for a takeover may work.
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VAIO, Toshiba and Fujitsu are unlikely to merge after all, heading for oblivion instead
As much as PC manufacturers would like to believe their once super-steady cash cow will start yielding easy profits again down the line, the bitter reality is traditional computers don’t seem to be making a comeback.Tablets are also on a decidedly downward trajectory, leaving most OEMs faced with a tough call. Should they continue to bet big on a losing horse, focus on niches like convertibles, ruggedized laptops or business-centric machines, or throw in the towel and cut their losses?Well, what if there was a fourth ...
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Off-beat: VAIO, Fujitsu and Toshiba considering merging to take on Lenovo in PCs
Just because the PC market’s contracting doesn’t mean that competition doesn’t get colder. At least in Japan, it’s actually getting warm enough to the point of a possible three-way merger between the personal computing parts of Toshiba, Fujitsu and VAIO — the latter a spin-off from Sony and resurgent in the high-end market.The three Japanese companies will hash out details and may have a ...
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Off-beat: VAIO, Fujitsu and Toshiba considering merging to take on Lenovo in PCs
Just because the PC market’s contracting doesn’t mean that competition doesn’t get colder. At least in Japan, it’s actually getting warm enough to the point of a possible three-way merger between the personal computing parts of Toshiba, Fujitsu and VAIO — the latter a spin-off from Sony and resurgent in the high-end market.The three Japanese companies will hash out details and may have a ...
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Pre-Black Friday Expansys deals include super-cheap Nexuses, Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Why wait another week or so and rub elbows with millions of angry bargain hunters capable of anything it takes to save a buck when retailers like Amazon and Expansys are ready to cut you some of the greatest deals to date on sizzling hot mobile gadgets.Granted, the latter electronics merchant is nowhere near as famous as Amazon, but in our many interactions with Expansys over the years, we’ve never been let down. You can rest assured therefore you’ll be getting a legit, fully functional unlocked ...
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Sony to acquire Toshiba sensor business for $164.68 million
If you’re not entirely sure what to believe when it comes to Sony and its smartphone business, we won’t blame you. There were rumours of the company exiting the smartphone business, which were then debunked, and, more recently, reports of a dedicated smartphone-manufacturing-plant popped up. On top of all those we’re now hearing that Sony might be acquiring Toshiba sensor business.There are ...
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Toshiba DynaPad 2-in-1 comes with Wacom stylus, wasp waist, hefty price tag
Yet another Windows 10 tablet/laptop hybrid trudges on Microsoft Surface-dominated turf, aiming to stand out with a high-precision pen accessory, quite possibly the sleekest design in the niche, and a series of pre-loaded business-centric apps.Meet the slim but robust and versatile Toshiba DynaPad, which somehow manages to tip the scales at 569 grams in tablet mode and 996 when docked to a handsome, spacious keyboard. The profile measures just 6.6 and 14.9mm thick respectively, compared to the Surface Pro 4, which starts at 8.45 ...
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Toshiba unveils trio of powerful, versatile and stylish Windows 10 convertibles at IFA
They say conventional PCs are dead and buried, but the IFA 2015 trade show in Berlin provides sufficient proof computer manufacturers will instead adapt to a new set of requirements from tech consumers and survive.Gone are the days of rigid, boring, inflexible laptops is the message Toshiba sends with the Satellite Click 10, Satellite Radius 12 and Radius 14 convertibles. Though obviously the smallest of the bunch, the Click 10 may well be the most attractive and is definitely the most versatile model.The ...
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