Western Digital is acquiring SanDisk for around $19 billion

Consolidation is the name of the game in the computer component market nowadays, with SanDisk and Western Digital being the latest companies to combine into a single, much larger company. Earlier today, Western Digital announced that it’ll be acquiring SanDisk for somewhere around $19 billion in a merger that’s been heavily reported on over the last few days. This acquisition will give Western Digital a significant chunk of the flash storage market, which has experienced some rapid growth recently thanks to demand for SSDs.