If you’re reading this and are desperate for some good news among all the PC component doom and gloom, you might be hoping that a favorable judgment in this lawsuit would open the door to lower memory prices and go some way towards getting costs back to reasonable levels. Unfortunately, that outcome is unlikely. The lawsuit has not proven anything yet, and showing beyond doubt that Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron colluded to screw over consumers — rather than merely making independent decisions in response to the same crisis — will probably be exceedingly difficult to prove. But even if the plain
The big RAM suppliers fixed prices to screw over consumers, says new lawsuit that calls out Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron — but I don’t think it’s the solution we need… If you’re reading this and are desperate for some good news among all the PC component doom and gloom, you might be hoping that a favorable judgment in this lawsuit would open the door to lower memory prices and go some way towards getting costs back to reasonable levels. …
… It seems niche gaming phone manufacturers are no more immune to global component pricing pressures than Samsung or Xiaomi. …