… 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… …
News PC Hardware Jun 29, 2026 by Nick Farrell Memory trio dragged into RAMpocalypse lawsuit Samsung, SK hynix and Micron have been sued in a federal court in California over alleged collusion and price-fixing of DRAM. …
… Consumers File A Class Action Lawsuit Against Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron Alleging That The Memory Trio Restricted DRAM Supply To Inflate Prices Memory prices have reached a historical high due to ongoing shortages as demand continues to outstrip supply. …
… Sign in to your TheGamer account Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron—three major chip manufacturers—are named in a class action lawsuit accusing the trio of price fixing and market manipulation. …
… As reported by Law360 , a federal lawsuit filed last Thursday alleges the chip-making companies have exacerbated the so-called 'RAMpocalypse' by fixing memory supply and prices. …
