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IEEE Spectrum January 2009 John Blau	UPDATE: Germany's DRAM Bailout Hits a Snag as Qimonda Goes Bankrupt DRAM maker files for insolvency, while the German government mulls a bigger rescue
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?
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 7, 2004 Michael Singer	Infineon Joins Flash Memory Melee The German chipmaker jumps into a profitable but potentially volatile market that is teeming with competitors.
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.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Gail Edmondson	Saxony Wakes From Its Slumber There's an industrial revival in this once-bankrupt state in eastern Germany.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Rich Duprey	Citigroup Takes On Intel The financial services giant takes over non-memory semiconductor chip production.
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 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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Anders Bylund	Memory Market Consolidation 101 Technology analysts are telling their clients that Micron is about to buy rival memory-chip maker Qimonda.
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.
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.
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 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 June 10, 2004 Michael Singer	Global Chip Sales Outlook Jumps The Semiconductor Industry Association sees more powerful consumer electronics devices driving steady growth through 2007.
PC World October 19, 2001 Sumner Lemon & Martyn Williams	Memory Prices Continue Freefall PC vendors, users stock up while prices are low.
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 April 5, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	How Long Will the Chip Boom Last? Chipmakers can't keep up with demand, but don't expect this to last forever.
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 January 2009 Yu-Tzu Chiu	Taiwan's DRAM Bailout Government will help out only if DRAM companies can prove they'll upgrade their technology
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 January 28, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Infineon Entering Home Gateway Market With memory under its belt, the German chipmaker looks to expand its product offerings and capabilities with the purchase of a Taiwanese design company.
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.
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 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.
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 February 24, 2006 Rich Smith	1,001 Teutonic Nights, Part 3 Investors, get to know Germany: Infineon... Aixtron... Dialog Semiconductor...
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.
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 October 8, 2009 Anders Bylund	Did AMD Pick the Right CFO? AMD's new CFO comes with some uncomfortable baggage. Should investors be worried?
InternetNews January 28, 2004 Erin Joyce	The Smallest Tech for the Empire State Infineon leads a $12 million nanotech project for next-generation DRAM in upstate New York.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Ewing & Boston	Germany: A Brighter Sun In The East Even as labor unrest builds, East Germany's economy is growing fast.
InternetNews April 5, 2010	Semiconductor Sales Dip Slightly in February Worldwide chip sales fell 1.3 percent last month, but that's not much cause for concern considering revenue is up more than 54 percent from last year's low.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Time to Start Worrying About Chip Stocks? The July semiconductor earnings numbers were great, but warning signs also emerged.