A class-action lawsuit was filed against nearly every major hard drive suspension assembly maker, alleging that said companies' price-fixing efforts resulted in higher drive prices for resellers and end users. …
Monday, June 29th 2026 DRAM Triarchy Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Memory Price-fixing and Cartel Behavior by btarunr Yesterday, 16:47 Discuss 51 Comments A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. alleging that the three leading DRAM manufacturers, namely Micron Technology, Samsung… …
Chip makers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have been accused of fixing RAM prices and supply, thereby exacerbating the effects of the ongoing memory crisis , in a US class action lawsuit. …
… The DRAM industry has faced price-fixing cases before The lawsuit arrives against the backdrop of earlier DRAM antitrust cases. Samsung and Hynix pleaded guilty in the 2000s to participating in a DRAM price-fixing conspiracy investigated by the U.S. …
… Samsung and SK hynix have pleaded guilty to criminal DRAM price fixing once before, with the latter paying a $185 million fine in April 2005. …
… A new lawsuit accuses Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron of using their coordinated "pivot" to HBM as an excuse to keep commodity DRAM production artificially low Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron were collectively sued on June 25 in a California federal court over allegations of collusion and price-fixing. …
Video Games 'Big Three' Chip Makers Set Up 'Coordinated Scheme' To Fix Memory Pricing, Alleges New Lawsuit Samsung and others plead guilty to price fixing in 2005 By Nicole Carpenter Published: June 29, 2026, 3:45 pm | {shareOpen = false}, 2000 " Share to X {shareOpen = false}, 2000 " Share to Blue… …
… The DRAM oligopoly has been in legal trouble before As noted in the lawsuit filing, Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are not strangers to DRAM price fixing. Samsung and SK hynix were accused by the US Department of Justice of price fixing between 1998 and 2022. …
… The lawsuit even references the name many have given the situation: the "RAMpocalypse." Read more : Samsung denies rumors that it is phasing out its consumer SATA SSD production Read more : RAM price increases and shortages have only just started, TeamGroup says Read more : Samsung halting SATA SSD… …
… Cracking down on algorithmic price fixing According to the lawsuit, the gas companies violated California law AB 325, which went into effect earlier this year to crack down on algorithmic price fixing. …
