[san-tech][03097] SanDisk: Pliant Technology買収で合意

Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 14:34:53 +0900
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SanDiskによる Pliant Technology, Inc.買収が合意されました：

"SANDISK ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PLIANT TECHNOLOGY"
 May 16, 2011
  http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2011/2011-05-16-sandisk-announces-agreement-to-acquire-pliant-technology

  "... today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pliant
   Technology, Inc., a leading developer of enterprise solid state
   drives (SSD). Under the terms of the agreement, SanDisk will pay
   approximately $327 million in cash and provide certain equity-based
   incentives."



  "Pliant currently sells ultra-high performance enterprise solid
   state drives based on the SAS protocol to meet the demanding
   performance, data integrity and reliability needs of enterprise
   storage customers. The company's product roadmap also includes
   PCIe-based solutions for high-performance compute servers. Pliant
   is a leader in the use of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND in enterprise
   SSDs, and the lower cost of MLC is a key enabler for the broad
   adoption of SSDs in the enterprise market."

Pliant Technology, Inc.
  http://www.plianttechnology.com/

関連記事：
"SanDisk gobbles Pliant in $327m deal"
 16th May 2011
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/16/sandisk_buys_pliant/

"SanDisk Acquires Pliant Technology for $327 Million"
 May 17th, 2011
  http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/business/sandisk-acquires-pliant-technology-327-million
Our comments :
  "Pliant Technology is not a big power in enterprise SSDs - far from
   Stec - but has a good technology and signed few big OEMs (Dell, LSI,
   Teradata)."
.....
  "It concentrates on SAS SSDs only, first with SLC and then cheaper
   MLC chips with its Lightning EFD product family including 2.5-inch
   and 3.5-inch units with relatively small capacities, from 150GB to
   400GB."