DRAM Triarchy Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Memory Price-fixing and Cartel Behavior

A U.S. class-action lawsuit accuses Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix of price-fixing and creating artificial scarcities. The suit claims these DRAM oligopolists inflated DDR5 PC memory prices by nearly 700% in one year. This occurred as manufacturers prioritized HBM stacks for AI compute GPUs, booking production capacity through 2030. The legal action alleges anticompetitive behavior, asserting that no outside competitors can expand output to undercut the market dominance of these three firms.