Did RAM suppliers fix memory prices? This lawsuit says they did — but I don’t think it will fix the…
- A lawsuit claims RAM suppliers colluded to fix memory prices
- It says they did this by shifting manufacturing to higher-priced HBM
- But I doubt the lawsuit will make memory cheaper for consumers
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll probably know that prices of PC components are out of control right now. Costs of computer memory are some of the worst affected, making upgrading your PC next to impossible for all but the five richest kings of Europe.
Now, it seems that some people feel there is something deeply fishy about all these price rises. Indeed, a recently filed lawsuit has alleged that the globe’s leading RAM producers — Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron — colluded to deliberately constrain memory supply and push prices up as a result.
According to the filing (via AppleInsider), the three named companies shifted manufacturing capacity away from DRAM modules such...
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