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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 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 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 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 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 March 3, 2005 Michael Singer	Court Denies Rambus Patent Claim Again The case against Infineon relates to SDRAM and DDR DRAM memory products.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 January 27, 2005 Michael Singer	Rambus Defends More Memory Patents Hynix, Infineon, Inotera and Nanya named in a new suit that centers on products using DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3.
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 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 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 January 30, 2006 David Needle	Elpida to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing The latest chapter of an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into price fixing in the dynamic random access memory market has resulted in Japanese manufacturer Elipida forking over an $84 million fine.
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 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 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, 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 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 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.
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Rambus, Hynix Patent Battle is Over Memory chip designer Rambus won a $306.9 million patent infringement lawsuit against Hynix Semiconductor Monday.
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.
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 July 18, 2006 Roy Mark	Court Tosses Rambus' $306.5M Infringement Award Judge Ronald Whyte of San Jose on Monday tossed out the $306.5 million in damages awarded to the Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus in its patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor.
InternetNews February 18, 2004 Michael Singer	Judge Dismisses Rambus Antitrust Suit A federal administrative judge Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against memory chipmaker Rambus over its use of patents.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Rich Duprey	Rambus Loves Legal Wrangling The chip designer revokes a customer licensing agreement and alleges patent infringement -- again. For stockholders, the continuing legal assault on memory-chip makers only serves to drain the company's coffers while the stock continues to underperform
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Rich Duprey	Rambus Rams Home a Victory The chip designer settles a long-running lawsuit with arch-rival Infineon Technologies. Rambus' stockholders were elated, as they have been with each victory the company has scored, and pushed their shares 30% higher.
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Michael Singer	CEO Shuffle at Rambus Computer memory manufacturer Rambus shuffled its top executives Tuesday to accommodate the departure of Chairman Bill Davidow.
InternetNews January 20, 2005 Michael Singer	Hynix Faces 50 Rambus Patents in Court A U.S. district judge ruled this week that Hynix Semiconductor must defend itself from as many as 50 patent infringement claims filed against it by rival chipmaker Rambus.
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	EU Raps Rambus on Pushy Patents Rambus' wide-ranging patent strategy hits a snag in the EU.
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 March 26, 2008	Rambus a Big Winner in Chip Patent Case Royalties could amount to billions of dollars over next decade if Rambus verdict upheld.
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 April 1, 2008 Andy Patrizio	No Signs of Recession in The Chip Business Semiconductor sales are up modestly, with strength in certain markets. DRAM is most definitely not one of them.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2005 Rich Duprey	Rambus' Rambling Lawsuits Chip designer suffers setback in its legal fight to assert ownership of memory chip market. Rambus shareholders, in the meantime, have seen a lot of their profits eaten by legal fees; they've also seen the value of their shares decline.
InternetNews April 26, 2004 Michael Singer	FTC Appeals Rambus Dismissal The U.S. government looks to reverse a court decision it claims allows the DRAM manufacturer to collect as much as $3 million in royalties.
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 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.
PC World February 26, 2001 Tom Mainelli	Rambus Lawsuits Could Boost Memory Prices Pending court cases over tech patents could shake memory industry and push up prices of SDRAM, DDR...
InternetNews August 2, 2006 Roy Mark	FTC: Rambus Deceptive in DRAM The Federal Trade Commission ruled today memory chipmaker Rambus unlawfully cornered the market for dynamic random access memory by distorting the standards-setting process.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2011 Anders Bylund	Rambus: The Year in Review This was not a banner year for the memory technologist.
InternetNews March 15, 2010	Memory Rebound Seen Helping Micron Will memory makers finally begin seeing some green?
PC World January 15, 2002 Tom Spring	Memory Prices Double Watch out: DRAM prices surge after languishing and are expected to jump higher...
The Motley Fool December 22, 2011 Anders Bylund	How to Snatch Victory From the Jaws of Defeat Micron soldiers on, bounces back, and goes on a flash-memory offensive.
InternetNews February 4, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Memory Glut Claims Its First Big Victim Infineon subsidiary Qimonda will shut its last U.S. plant and put 1,500 people out of work. Will more dominoes fall?