The mega deal comes on back of negotiations going on for 9 monhts.
For a cool $19 billion, Western Digital now gets to call SanDisk their wholly owned subsidiary.
Western Digital also stands to own around 5800 patents that SanDisk held worldwide.
The flash memory makers patent portfolio is consistently recognized as one of the strongest in the technology industry.
The deal will officially buttoned up for good on Thursday, May 12th.
source: www.techworm.net
