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Hynix
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Hynix is the memory-chip maker later known as SK Hynix, and this library id keeps the older name. It is a fined party in the EU DRAM cartel covering 1998 to 2002.
Overview
Hynix made DRAM, the memory chips in personal computers and servers. The company later became part of SK Hynix, a major memory supplier. This id is hynix, the name in the cartel file, not a separate profile of the modern SK group.
From 1998 to 2002, DRAM makers exchanged price information and coordinated increases on memory sold to computer manufacturers. The European Commission fined the cartel more than €331 million. The United States brought criminal cases and took guilty pleas over the same memory. Hynix is one of the makers in the library's EU file, with Infineon and others.
The library status is fined. This profile does not say what share of the €331 million Hynix paid. It also does not assign the US prison terms in the DRAM prosecutions to Hynix. The library's statement about imprisoned executives is recorded on the Infineon profile.
Competition footprint
PC and server makers buy DRAM by the part number, in a market that was concentrated.
Coordinated price increases land in the bill of materials for a computer.
The EU fine total is over €331 million, and it is not divided among the firms here.
Consumer & business angle
Computer manufacturers paid the memory price, and buyers of PCs paid for the machines.
Infineon is the other DRAM maker this scale file profiles from the same years.
What to watch
- Damages claims that name Hynix for 1998-2002 memory sales.
- SK Hynix's current memory business, which is the later company and not a new finding in this file.
Markets
DRAM · computer memory · DRAM semiconductors
Also known as: hynix semiconductor, hynix