What the WD/Hitachi GST Merger Means for Marvell?
"A tremendous opportunity"
By Jean Jacques Maleval | March 11, 2011 at 2:44 pmTo read this article from The Motley Fool, click on:
What the Western Digital/Hitachi Merger Means for Marvell
According to Marvell’s own estimates, roughly half of its annual revenue is derived from these hard drive components (microchips that run storage devices), and the largest portion of those sales happen to come from Western Digital, accounting for a disproportionate 21% of Marvell’s business. With Western Digital’s Hitachi acquisition, Marvell is presented with a tremendous opportunity to expand its hard drive business even further. Hitachi did not previously count Marvell as a major supplier.