For a company to pick up a small company like EDIG is not far fetched considering the jockying for position in these NOR/NAND markets by the big players, as the articles you posted indicate.
If they can buy EDIG for $2/share, and virtually pay for it via the IP revenues being gengerated, it would be a no brainer.
If not, EDIG/DM continue to add to their bank account until someone sees the value of the cash position or EDIG utilizes the cash position to buy out some other undervalued opportunity.
The more they move forward, the closer we get to that day. 18 waiting in the wings...