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Article: Japanese chipmaker admits price fixing in San Francisco case
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- January 30, 2006
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DAN GOODIN, AP Technology Writer
AP Worldstream
01-30-2006
Dateline: SAN FRANCISCO
Japanese computer chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. agreed to pay an $84 million (euro69 million) fine and plead guilty to taking part in an international conspiracy that led to higher prices for personal computers, the Justice Department said Monday.
Elpida is the fourth manufacturer of dynamic random access memory, known as DRAM, to admit its role in fixing the price of chips used in personal computers and other electronic devices.
"Today's charge demonstrates our continuing commitment to prosecute and deter cartels that harm American consumers," Thomas Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the ...