Lawsuit Claims Top RAM Makers Colluded to Inflate Prices

Seventeen individual plaintiffs, including three small businesses, have filed a class action in the Northern District of California against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology. The case, Garciaguirre et al v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al, was filed on June 25 and lists Troy’s Computers LLC, JB Tech Solutions LLC, and WNTD Fab LLC among the plaintiffs.

The suit alleges the three manufacturers colluded to raise RAM prices by keeping supplies artificially low, pointing to an industry-wide “RAMpocalypse” blamed on AI data center demand rather than corporate policy. Plaintiffs say the companies effectively form a cartel that controls an overwhelming majority of the DRAM market; the three firms together account for roughly 90 percent of that market.

The complaint notes that proving collusion will be more difficult than making the allegation. The filing also recalls earlier legal trouble: in 2005 two Samsung executives and one Hynix America executive were indicted by a San Francisco jury for DRAM price-fixing and bid-rigging.

United States, Northern District of California

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