Seagate has acquired the SandForce controller tech from LSI

Seagate has just announced that they will be acquiring LSI’s Accelerated Solution Division and Flash Components Division from Avago, which translate to LSI’s Nytro lineup along with the SSD controller focused SandForce. This announcement comes as a surprise because about six months ago, Avago announced that they will be acquiring LSI, so this sale comes only a few weeks after that acquisition was closed. Seagate will be paying Avago $450 million in cash and the transaction is expected to close in Q3’14.