The only DRAM price fixing scandal that I know of is the one from 1998 to 2002 which gave the involved parties litigation on their backs up until 2010. If you k

The only DRAM price fixing scandal that I know of is the one from 1998 to 2002 which gave the involved parties litigation on their backs up until 2010. If you know of any others, please let me know. Google did not turn up anything else. Anyway, I want to explain why the DRAM world is brutal: Here is the DRAM top 10 from 2006: http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/seminews/2007/chart1_020107.gif http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/seminews/2007/chart1_020107.gif And today the state is as follows: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semiconductor-blog/2012/03/top-ten-less-2-dram-companies.html http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semicon... Samsung: Eating everyone Hynix: Almost breaking even Qimonda: Dead Micron: Making money Elpida: Bankrupt Nanya: Losing more money than it makes Powerchip: Barely alive with 0.1% market share ProMos: Has sold its fabs, soon to be dead Etron: Alive, but with less that 0.1% market share and 15 cent loss per dollar sold. Winbond: Now only in specialty DRAM So, Samsung and Micron are doing well, Hynix is barely OK and the rest are sunk. Yes, I believe that the DRAM competition is fierce and brutal.