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Technology Stocks : WDC, NAND, NVM, enterprise storage systems, etc.

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To: BeenRetired who wrote (551)	8/2/2016 1:25:40 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) of 4836

BeenRetired -- If I recall correctly, Intel developed the original patents for MLC and cross licensed that technology to SNDK. Thus, flash memory chips developed by Intel and its partner Micron do not generate royalties for SNDK -- WDC. One has to be a bit skeptical of Samsung claims on performance and price, inasmuch as they tend to exaggerate or, like Intel, tend to act as if they already had a superior technology at a time when they are getting low and unprofitable product yields. If your "time horizon for stocks is very short," as you state, then WDC may not be an optimum investment for your IRA. Truth to tell, I don't look at ANY stocks as short term investments. As for longer term, i.e., at least a year and preferably five years or more, there are several firms with proprietary technology that have a more dominant position in their particular market niche and less risk than WDC, due of course, to the high debt levels that WDC has to deal with. Art

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