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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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 September 2, 2009	EU May Delay Oracle-Sun Nuptials Sun just can't get a break as European investigators might stall its proposed merger with Oracle.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
PC World October 19, 2001 Sumner Lemon & Martyn Williams	Memory Prices Continue Freefall PC vendors, users stock up while prices are low.
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 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.
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 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.
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 May 8, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Sun Faces Suit Over Oracle Deal, Bribery Probe Three suits are filed to stop the Oracle takeover, while the company looks into possible overseas bribery incidents.
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 September 2, 2009 Eric Jhonsa	Why Oracle's Getting More Than It Bargained For Sun's earnings show just how weak its hardware business is.
InternetNews September 14, 2009	Some Customers Are Sticking With Sun As HP and IBM aggressively pitch Sun customers, many are hanging in there. Oracle plans to debut a new Sun/Oracle database system this week.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Tim Beyers	Justice vs. Larry Ellison: The Sequel? Oracle says that the Justice Department has requested more time to review its proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
InternetNews December 14, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Worldwide Chip Sales Inched Up In 2007 Weakness in DRAM was offset by strength in flash and other consumer electronics-related chipsets.
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 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.
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Andy Patrizio	DoJ to Oracle/Sun: Not so Fast, Pardners The federal government has denied Oracle's request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval.
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.