Editing Price fixing (section)

=== Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) ===
{{main article|DRAM price fixing}}
In October 2005, the [[Korea]]n company [[Samsung]] pleaded guilty to conspiring with other companies, including [[Infineon]] and [[Hynix Semiconductor]], to fix the price of dynamic random access memory ([[DRAM]]) chips. Samsung was the third company to be charged in connection with the international cartel and was fined $300 million, the second largest antitrust penalty in US history.

In October 2004, four executives from Infineon, a German chip maker, received reduced sentences of 4 to 6 months in federal prison and $250,000 in fines after agreeing to aid the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] with their ongoing investigation of the conspiracy.