Look at Seagate's SSD market share:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10706/market-trends-q2-2016-ssd-shipments-up-41-percent-yoy
Look at Seagate's SSD market share:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10706/market-trends-q2-2016-ssd-shipments-up-41-percent-yoy
Hynix has own fab but stx is not
Here is a link to an article in the Korea Herald on the joint venture, doesn't sound promising.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161214000913
What the hell are the terms of the joint venture? If Hynix does SSDs (which they're already doing) and Seagate does HDD (which they're already doing), where is the synergy? Are they just selling a total package of SSD and HDD together? How does this help anything?
better late than never