It's not yet clear how serious the talks are, or whether the two parties involved could overcome substantial antitrust and other regulatory concerns that would likely arise, but just the word that Korean memory chip maker Samsung Electronics is mulling a purchase of SanDisk Corp -- a deal that would be valued at about $3.2 billion -- is generating excitement. Investors and industry watchers say such a move could be a stroke of genius by Samsung in knocking down its archrival Toshiba Corp.
Japan's Toshiba, currently second behind Samsung in the flash memory chip market, is planning to double its chip production through a partnership with SanDisk, so an acquisition of the company, especially from the market leader, would raise the stakes.
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