Toshiba Invests in Violin Enterprise Flash

Toshiba has announced a multi-million dollar investment in Violin Memory, and will provide access to memory technology and supply chain to Violin Memory. Violin, which makes enterprise-class flash memory, will provide memory arrays to original equipment manufacturers, customers and partners. As mentioned in this Business Week story, a Violin spokeswoman declined to comment on the specific amount Toshiba invested, but said it is 'north' of US$20 million and includes other unnamed partners.

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"This is a significant investment for Violin Memory as it needs a 'big friend' to get access to competitive NAND pricing and availability, said Joseph Unsworth, research director at Gartner. Violin Memory will also get a better understanding of future hurdles in the evolving NAND memory technology market through Toshiba.

"'Toshiba also stands to benefit from Violin's expertise and focus on enterprise PCI Express solutions, which is an area that Toshiba is well-positioned to address given its acquisition of Fujitsu and attention to enterprise-quality NAND Flash,' Unsworth said."

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