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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Infineon Loses a Winner After Ulrich Schumacher had just pulled the world's third-largest DRAM maker through billions of cost cutting and straight to profitability, he resigns as the CEO of the world's No. 6 chip maker.
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.
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.
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 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.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jack Ewing	Infineon Keeps Chipping Away It stuck with memory chips and is in the black. Still, it faces brutal competition.
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.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2012 Harsh Chauhan	Micron Technology Sinks Deeper Micron misses estimates once again, swings to a loss
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Michael Singer	Court Denies Rambus Patent Claim Again The case against Infineon relates to SDRAM and DDR DRAM memory products.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Rich Duprey	Citigroup Takes On Intel The financial services giant takes over non-memory semiconductor chip production.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 Anders Bylund	Memory or Electronics -- Who Do You Love? The computer memory industry stands at a crossroads, and analysts can't agree on where it's going. Will 2011 be a year of feast or famine?
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 24, 2009 Anders Bylund	Micron's Price War Is Totally Dead Last quarter, Micron Technology signaled an end to the brutal price compression of memory chips. This quarter, the company proved once and for all that the recovery is real.
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.
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Bettina Wassener	Time For Infineon To Forget Memory Chips? German chipmaker Infineon Technologies, lacking the scale and lower costs of its rivals, may tighten its focus.
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.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Z-RAM to Take on DRAM with Hynix Deal The Swiss memory company Innovative Silicon says it has struck a deal to license its technology to the No. 2 maker of standalone DRAM memory chips, Hynix Semiconductor, based in Inchon, South Korea. The technology, called Z-RAM could double the density of Hynix's memory chips.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Anders Bylund	To Infineon -- and Beyond! German chip maker Infineon still hurts from the competitive memory market, but finds some solace in its automotive and cell phone manufacturer contracts.
InternetNews February 10, 2010	Micron Ponies Up $1.27 Billion for Numonyx The chipmaker looks to the future with $1.27 billion purchase of Numonyx, a maker of NOR and NAND Flash microprocessors found in cell phones, digital cameras and mp3 players.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2011 Anders Bylund	A Huge Legal Ruling in the Tech Arena Jurors emerge from deliberations after eight long weeks, do not see the shadow of Micron misconduct.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Anders Bylund	Micron Starts the Spin Machine, Turns Off Common Sense Any way you slice it, that's a terrible report. It's not the end of Micron as we know it, though.
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 John Blau	Germany's DRAM Bailout The state of Saxony's risky rescue of European DRAM maker Qimonda
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Anders Bylund	Micron and Qimonda: Another Memorable Takedown Manhattan will have to wait. Micron is probably going German in the near future.
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.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2010 Anders Bylund	Micron Keeps Working Unlikely Wonders The devastating price war is fading into history, and Micron is a survivor.