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Jun 24 2010 4:38pm EDT

Bad Memory

Thirty-three states have settled an antitrust case against computer chip makers who were accused of participating in a nationwide conspiracy to fix the price of computer memory chips known as Dynamic Random Access Memory, or DRAM, between 1998 and 2002.

The agreement, which must be approved by the federal district court in California, calls for the payment of $173 million by the settling companies over two years.

The defendants include:

The settlement stems from a July 2006 suit.

More details on the settlement are available from the South Florida Business Journal.


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