http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/ Guide to PC computers, peripherals and upgrades. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-3133 Sony’s bad day… or maybe year? - PC Tips World Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:28:58 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-3133 [...] After all problems with Sony, especially talking about battery recalls Sony has new problems. This time Sony receives subpoena from US Department of Justice. Department wants to discuss Sony’s SRAM business. Allow me to remind you, that DRAM makers also have had problems with law. Sony has equal problems - price-fixing on the market. DOJ decided to destroy monopolies or to establish order? I hope its the second point [...] [...] After all problems with Sony, especially talking about battery recalls Sony has new problems. This time Sony receives subpoena from US Department of Justice. Department wants to discuss Sony’s SRAM business. Allow me to remind you, that DRAM makers also have had problems with law. Sony has equal problems – price-fixing on the market. DOJ decided to destroy monopolies or to establish order? I hope its the second point [...]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-9 Price-fixing?! Again! - PC Tips World Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:42:26 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-9 [...] Germany decided to overtake US in SRAM price-fixing problem. Last month Samsung offices had been raided by European Commission. Their aim wasn’t only Samsung, but other offices were closed (somebody alerted?). US Antitrust regulators opened the case earlier German friends. As for me it’s government just wants to regulate prices, of course for users’ benefit. I hope they won’t go mad on this. [...] [...] Germany decided to overtake US in SRAM price-fixing problem. Last month Samsung offices had been raided by European Commission. Their aim wasn’t only Samsung, but other offices were closed (somebody alerted?). US Antitrust regulators opened the case earlier German friends. As for me it’s government just wants to regulate prices, of course for users’ benefit. I hope they won’t go mad on this. [...]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-7 DRAM cost tendency - PC Tips World Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:30:52 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/09/24/sh-dram-makers-arent-so-clean-as-it-seems/#comment-7 [...] Just look on DigiTimes. There is nice table of DRAM costs since the beginning of 2006 year. As you can see the cost has increased almost 50%! Allow me to remind you about legal problems, which DRAM makers had struggled with. Companies couldn’t prove why they had increased the cost, so let them pay money for their mistakes. I hope they have understand their doing. Digitimes has summarized all of it and showed it on accessible table. Look and understand why DRAM companies had such problems [...] [...] Just look on DigiTimes. There is nice table of DRAM costs since the beginning of 2006 year. As you can see the cost has increased almost 50%! Allow me to remind you about legal problems, which DRAM makers had struggled with. Companies couldn’t prove why they had increased the cost, so let them pay money for their mistakes. I hope they have understand their doing. Digitimes has summarized all of it and showed it on accessible table. Look and understand why DRAM companies had such problems [...]

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