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InternetNews November 16, 2006 David Needle |
Another Guilty Plea in DRAM Price Fixing Scandal The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a former executive of Elpida Memory, a large Japanese manufacturer of DRAM chips, agreed to plead guilty for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices.  |
InternetNews April 21, 2005 Roy Mark |
Hynix Cops Guilty Plea in DRAM Debacle Korean chipmaker agrees to third-largest criminal antitrust fine in U.S. history in RAM chips price-fixing conspiracy.  |
InternetNews March 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
DRAM Slam: Prison Time For Samsung Execs Three more executives in the dynamic random access memory chip industry are heading to prison for their roles in a global price-fixing conspiracy.  |
InternetNews September 15, 2004 Roy Mark |
Infineon Pleads Guilty to DRAM Price-Fixing The German chipmaker agrees to $160M fine... Other DRAM manufacturers under investigation, the DOJ says.  |
InternetNews December 21, 2006 David Needle |
Samsung Exec Pleads Guilty in DRAM Probe Prison time for Young Hwan Park in computer memory price-fixing case.  |
InternetNews September 22, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Samsung Exec's DRAM Guilt Leads to Jail The Department of Justice this week said an executive from Samsung Semiconductor pled guilty and will go to jail for joining a global conspiracy to fix DRAM prices. Thomas Quinn will serve eight months, pay a $250,000 fine and help the Justice Department in the DRAM case.  |
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
More Indictments in DRAM Price-Fixing Probe Two former Samsung officials and a former Hynix executive are the latest to be charged in the Department of Justice's ongoing investigation into a DRAM chip price-fixing conspiracy.  |
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Roy Mark |
Price-Fixing Costs Samsung $300M The Korean chip giant is latest DRAM maker to plead guilty in US courts to its role in a global price-fixing conspiracy. The size of the fine is historic in proportion. Infineon and Hynix had already plead guilty to similar charges.  |
InternetNews March 1, 2006 Roy Mark |
Hynix Execs Head For Jail in DRAM Scandal Four Korean Hynix executives are heading to a U.S. jail for their roles in a global conspiracy to fix prices on dynamic random access memory, a key type of memory found in most PCs.  |
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
Samsung Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing Korean electronics giant Samsung agrees to pay second-largest criminal antitrust fine in U.S. history.  |
InternetNews December 2, 2004 Michael Singer |
Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Four Infineon executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday.  |
InternetNews September 5, 2006 Roy Mark |
Sun, Unisys Sue Hynix Over DRAM After negotiating a plea bargain with the U.S. Department of Justice and a $185 million fine last year for its role in a global price-fixing scandal, Hynix was sued Friday in civil court by Sun Microsystems and Unisys.  |
InternetNews April 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Not Enough Memory in DRAM Suit Sun Microsystems and Unisys' civil lawsuit against Hynix and other dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chipmakers is dead. At least for now.  |
InternetNews December 1, 2006 Roy Mark |
DoJ Issues Subpoena to Nvidia Nvidia said today the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating possible antitrust violations at the world's third-largest maker of computer graphics chips.  |
InternetNews October 31, 2006 Roy Mark |
Sony Hit With SRAM Subpoena Sony Corp. joined a growing list of static random access memory chipmakers touched by a Department of Justice antitrust investigation.  |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Infineon Executives Pay High Price Four officers from the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) maker go to prison for their role in a price-fixing scheme. The company and its stock have been in the doldrums, though the stock price has rebounded some 20% from its summer lows.  |
InternetNews July 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
34 States Hit Chipmakers With Price-Fixing Suits Seven computer memory chip makers, including Micron Technologies and Infineon Technologies, face price-fixing charges lodged by 34 states.  |
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Michael Singer |
Infineon Price-Fixing Probe Tip of Iceberg? DRAM computer memory makers point fingers while the U.S. Justice Department's investigation continues.  |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Elpida Memory IPO a Risk The DRAM chip maker is set to go public next month. Though Elpida Memory is Japan's sole dedicated manufacturer of the chips and it seeks to gain enough market share to take over the No. 3 position, U.S. investors should not get too excited about the spinoff just yet.  |
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Michael Singer |
DOJ May Settle with Memory Chip Maker Micron Technologies' possible amnesty deal with the Department of Justice is a boon to rival Rambus.  |
InternetNews April 20, 2006 Roy Mark |
School Official Hit With E-Rate Fraud Charge A former South Carolina school technology director is facing charges she committed mail and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the federal E-rate program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.  |
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Michael Singer |
Infineon, Rambus Lay Lawsuits to Rest The two chip companies issued a statement Monday saying they've cleared all outstanding litigation between them.  |
InternetNews April 27, 2005 Michael Singer |
Is Rambus Right About Collusion? Rambus claims even more legal victories in the wake of last week's admission by Hynix.  |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Infineon Does Infinitely Better The computer chip manufacturer sees sales surge, though antitrust woes throw it for a loss. Now it only remains to keep the lawyers out of the mix for shareholders to be able to realize their full profit potential.  |
InternetNews November 28, 2007 |
Samsung Predicts End of DRAM Oversupply Samsung Electronics said the oversupply of memory chips used in personal computers was expected to ease in 2008 as growing demand for portable gadgets prompts a shift in production to Flash chips.  |
InternetNews January 9, 2008 |
Hynix Sees DRAM Rebound Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest memory maker, predicts a comeback for the computer-chip market as demand remains strong.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2010 Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwan's DRAM Plan Fails Good riddance, say manufacturers. Taiwan's plan to restructure its dynamic RAM industry seems to have met its end -- not with a bang but with a whimper.  |
InternetNews February 27, 2004 Michael Singer |
Antitrust Case Fuels DRAM Price Fixing Probe A federal case dismissed against Rambus opens a door for a price-fixing probe involving other DRAM manufacturers.  |
InternetNews January 19, 2005 Roy Mark |
DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty.  |
InternetNews December 27, 2006 David Needle |
Samsung's Mobile Memory Breakthrough Samsung's new 1Gb DRAM for mobile products uses less power.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 Mark Mahorney |
DRAM's Drag on PC Makers A coming shortage of memory chips could increase PC production costs.  |
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Michael Singer |
DDR2 Held Up By Rambus' Legal Woes Analysts are concerned DDR2 makers working with Rambus are using the company's fight against Infineon to delay paying licensing fees.  |
InternetNews August 6, 2004 Michael Singer |
Infineon Expands Asian Production Taiwan's Winbond Electronics helps out with 200mm and 300mm wafer production of DRAM chips.  |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Citigroup Takes On Intel The financial services giant takes over non-memory semiconductor chip production.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 John Blau |
Germany's DRAM Bailout The state of Saxony's risky rescue of European DRAM maker Qimonda  |
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Colin Haley |
IBM Korea Scandal Prompts U.S. Inquiries The DOJ and SEC are reportedly looking into bribery and bid-rigging allegations against the IT giant's South Korean subsidiary.  |
InternetNews December 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
AMD, Nvidia Subpoenas Raise Eyebrows, Questions Is the $22 billion graphics card and chip industry next on the Department of Justice's antitrust radar?  |
InternetNews April 1, 2008 |
Chip Suppliers Cut Back as Demand Remains Weak The drop in global chip inventories is a reflection of supply cutbacks, not strong demand.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Nokia Sues the Entire LCD Industry The Finnish mobile phone giant is suing an entire industry for 10 years of price-fixing.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwan's DRAM Bailout Government will help out only if DRAM companies can prove they'll upgrade their technology  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2011 Gabriel Perna |
Slow Growth Ahead in Semiconductors Things could ramp down after a record 2010, according to a report.  |
InternetNews May 5, 2004 Michael Singer |
Rambus Accuses Rivals of Price Fixing The $1 billion claim that Hynix, Infineon, Micron, Siemens forced RDRAM out of the market has some overlap with the Justice Department's own collusion investigation.  |
InternetNews March 26, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Will Rambus' Big Win Hold Up? Court rules Rambus did not hide patent applications from a standards body. Now the appeals begin.  |
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Moon Ihlwan |
How Hynix Got Out Of Its Fix A state bailout, tech smarts -- and luck -- have recharged the Korean chipmaker.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Chiu & Moore |
Taiwan's Troubled DRAM Plan The island's struggling memory makers aren't buying in  |
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Clint Boulton |
Chip Sales Expected to Finish Strong in '04 Gartner expects worldwide semiconductor sales to top $218 billion for 2004 even as vendors wind down chip output.  |
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Michael Singer |
Enterprise Fuels DRAM Price Spike Computer memory manufacturers apparently didn't get the memo that pointed to a vigorous PC purchase cycle this year.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2011 Keki Fatakia |
Apple Stays Fresh Despite the Turmoil Sales of personal computers crash while iPads sell like hotcakes.  |
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Roy Mark |
DOJ Raids Private P2P Operation Authorities raided five residences and and an Internet service provider Wednesday morning in the first federal criminal enforcement action against private peer-to-peer networks.  |
InternetNews December 18, 2003 Michael Singer |
DRAM a Short-Term Winner, IDC Says Anticipation surrounding an expected mass PC upgrade in 2004 is giving the memory business something to crow about.  |