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NYS AG Spitzer Again; Against Price Fixing Chip Makers

Danny Burstein (dannyb@panix.com)
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:52:41 -0400

" Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today filed a federal lawsuit
charging leading manufacturers of computer memory chips with
price-fixing.

" New York's lawsuit charges that beginning in approximately 1998, the
chip manufacturers made a secret agreement to raise the prices of
their memory chips, known in the industry as 'dynamic random access
memory chips' or 'DRAM.' DRAM chips are used to hold data and
temporary instructions available for quick access while the computer
or other digital product is in use. Many of the chips are sold to
computer manufacturers, known in the industry as original equipment
manufacturers or 'OEMs,' for use in computers and other products...

rest:

http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2006/jul/jul13b_06.html
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