Seagate agrees to purchase Samsung’s hard disk drive operations for about $1.4 billion. Deal means Seagate will be able to more easily step up development of enterprise-class SSDs and consumer-class hybrid drives. The two companies also plan to expand an existing patent cross-licensing agreement and collaborate on development of storage systems. Seagate’s current Pulsar SSD line is based on its own proprietary controller technology. Next-generation hard drive technology has the potential to produce 2.5-in mobile drives with more than 1TB of capacity.”]