TOKYO -- After over two years of talks, the proposed merger between Western Digital's semiconductor business and Japan's Kioxia Holdings have fallen apart in the final stages over a failure to bring a key stakeholder on board.
Last-minute appeal to SK Hynix did not allay stakeholder's concerns

The idea of Kioxia integrating with Western Digital was first floated more than two years ago.
TOKYO -- After over two years of talks, the proposed merger between Western Digital's semiconductor business and Japan's Kioxia Holdings have fallen apart in the final stages over a failure to bring a key stakeholder on board.