Toshiba off-loads chips in favour of NAND
Accounting scandle continues to bite
Toshiba is getting out the processor business so that it can concentrate on making memory as it tries to recover from its $1.3 billion accounting scandal.
Zotac shows a new PCIe SSD at CES 2016
Hopefully we will see it in action
Zotac, usually known for Nvidia Geforce graphics cards as well as the Zbox line of mini-PCs, is apparently serious about entering the SSD market as well as a new PCIe SSD has been spotted at CES 2016 show in Las Vegas.
Japan's government bails out Toshiba
If your executives get done for fraud it is nice to have government help
The Japanese governmet has stepped in to help Toshiba rebuild its home electronics division and other operations by facilitating tie-ups with Sharp and others.
Axe fails at Toshiba
6,800 out into the cold and snow at Christmas
More than 6,800 employees at Toshiba are paying the price for not standing up to corporate executives who were encouraged to cook the books.
Toshiba confirms it is thinking of chip split
Is it really worth it?
Troubled Japanise outfit Toshiba is considering splitting off part of its chip business in a bid to help it raise the cash it lost on its accounting scandal.
Toshiba comes up with single-chip wireless power receiver
Can operate at 15 watts
Toshiba America Electronic Components (TEAC) has come up with what it claims is the first single-chip wireless power receiver that can operate at 15 watts and is compliant with the wireless charging Qi v1.2, standard.
Sony buying Toshiba's imaging business
$165 million on the table
Most of the high end phones today use a Sony imaging sensor. Now it looks like Sony now wants to buy Toshiba's image sensor business to expand its dominance.
EU fines Quanta for cartel involvement
$7.93 million fine
The European Union has fined optical maker Quanta Storage $7.93 million for participating in a cartel of eight ODD vendors, ODMs and OEMs.
SanDisk about to be bought by Western Digital
More consolidation
It is almost certain that Western Digital will buy the memory-maker SanDisk and we are expecting an announcement later in the week.
Toshiba Launches Affordable 10" Two-in-one
Great, affordable alternative to Chinese tablet-laptops.
Toshiba is showing real awareness of the changing market reality and has launched an affordable two in one. The machine is very well specced, comes with a keyboard and you don't need to sell a kidney to get it with 64 GB of storage.