Mitsubishi Electric contacted by U.S. Department of Justice looking into price fixing in the computer memory market. The market for DRAM chips is typically volatile and highly competitive, but the investigation has uncovered evidence of price fixing between major DRAM makers bidding for business with major American computer makers including Dell, Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Three Samsung executives agreed to serve prison time for the part they played in the price fixing, the DoJ said earlier this year.”]
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