western digital was the parent, they bought sandisk in 2016.
last year they spun-off the flash storage business back into a new entity (also) named sandisk, leaving western digital (‘wd’) with only the traditional hdd business.
the spin-off also included wd’s previous sd card line as well as their popular computer ssd products (which are being re-branded by the ‘new’ company).
western digital was the parent, they bought sandisk in 2016.
last year they spun-off the flash storage business back into a new entity (also) named sandisk, leaving western digital (‘wd’) with only the traditional hdd business.
the spin-off also included wd’s previous sd card line as well as their popular computer ssd products (which are being re-branded by the ‘new’ company).