[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-samsung-sk-hynix-micron-lose-bid-to-dismiss-dram-suit":10,"sections":52},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":44,"feedback":51,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":51,"total_tokens":51},13155,"samsung-sk-hynix-micron-lose-bid-to-dismiss-dram-suit","Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron Lose Bid to Dismiss DRAM Suit","A court refused to throw out a lawsuit accusing Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of conspiring to fix DRAM prices, so the case moves forward.","A court has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of conspiring to fix prices for DRAM, the memory chips found in phones, PCs and servers. The case, which carries the name Garciaguirre, now continues.\n\nThat is a procedural result, not a finding of guilt. At this stage a judge asks only whether the allegations, taken as true, describe a plausible claim. Surviving the motion means the plaintiffs get to pursue the case further, typically including demands for the defendants' internal documents.\n\nThe defendants are the three companies that dominate DRAM supply, which is why the claim is easy to state and hard to prove. Prices in a market with three major sellers tend to move together whether or not anyone agrees to anything. Plaintiffs in a price-fixing case generally have to show an actual agreement, not just matching behavior.\n\nThe industry has been here before. A US Justice Department investigation into DRAM pricing ended in guilty pleas in the mid-2000s. Samsung paid a $300 million criminal fine in 2005 and Hynix paid $185 million. Micron was not among those fined.\n\nThe new suit has to stand on its own evidence rather than that history. Whether discovery turns up anything resembling an agreement is the question that will decide how far it goes.","[\"dram\",\"antitrust\",\"samsung\",\"memory-chips\"]","2026-11-15T01:18:36.000Z","2026-11-15T08:13:41.628Z","2026-11-15T08:14:31.786Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Delete the reporting-gap paragraph ('The source material is thin. It confirms... It does not say...') and state only the facts you can verify, such as which court ruled and when; also source or drop the unsupported historical claims (early-2000s DOJ guilty pleas, the 2018 class action dismissal) and the 'more notable outcome' inference.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Remove the unsupported 'published November 15' date, since the source gives no date, and cut the 'article's web address names...' sentence, which is reporting-gap filler built from a URL slug; state only what can be verified (a court denied a motion to dismiss in a DRAM price-fixing case, Garciaguirre), and either identify the court and date from a real source or drop the 'discovery will begin' inference.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Delete the reporting-gap sentence 'That, plus the denial itself, is what the source confirms' and the other source-referencing filler, and replace the generic market-structure padding (including the unsourced 'faced price-fixing claims before') with verifiable specifics such as the court, ruling date, defendants, or past DRAM cases, or else the story is too thin to run.","policy",[40,41,42,43],"dram","antitrust","samsung","memory-chips",[45,48],{"name":46,"url":47},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Flitnews.ai\u002Farticles\u002Fgarciaguirre-samsung-sk-hynix-micron-dram-conspiracy-suit-survives-dismissal",{"name":49,"url":50},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Ftech-industry\u002Fbig-tech\u002Fjudge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-dram-price-fixing-lawsuit-against-micron-samsung-and-sk-hynix-says-chipmakers-acted-like-hawks-flying-in-formation-finds-evidence-of-dram-collusion-plausible-after-500-percent-price-surge",0,{"sections":53},[54,59,64,69,73,78,83,88,93,98,103,108,113,118],{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"AI","ai",7162,"2026-11-15T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Security","security",1141,"2026-11-15T17:15:13.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Deals","deals",672,"2026-11-15T17:59:53.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":38,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Policy",630,"2026-11-15T16:25:16.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",383,"2026-11-15T17:55:32.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Hardware","hardware",344,"2026-11-15T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Science","science",236,"2026-11-14T20:54:14.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Software","software",177,"2026-11-14T08:54:55.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Startups","startups",162,"2026-11-13T17:32:35.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"General","general",130,"2026-11-15T15:41:13.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"Gaming","gaming",112,"2026-11-14T19:34:13.000Z",{"name":114,"slug":115,"count":116,"latest_published_at":117},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":119,"slug":120,"count":121,"latest_published_at":122},"How-To","how-to",10,"2026-11-14T23:45:00.000Z"]