Toshiba Acquires Fujitsu HDD Business

The information was already floating around for weeks as a rumor, but it is now official. Fujitsu will transfer to Toshiba its HDD design, development, manufacturing, sales, and all other functions currently carried out by Fujitsu and Fujitsu Group companies, with the exception of Fujitsu's HDD head and media businesses. It will include:
- Fujitsu's HDD development, manufacturing, and sales divisions
- HDD manufacturing subsidiaries Fujitsu Computer Products Corporation of the Philippines (FCPP) and Fujitsu (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (FTC)
- HDD design, development, quality assurance and other departments of Yamagata Fujitsu Limited
- HDD technology development department of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
- HDD sales and marketing offices outside Japan
One can question the real benefit of such deal for Toshiba as the plate-based HD might disappear when SSD will have fully invaded the customer electronic market. For sure, Toshiba will now control a larger portion of the 2.5" HD market and might in parallel develop SSD models targeting high-end notebook models.