Rambus is accused of monopolizing the DRAM memory chip market

The US Trade Commission has unanimously accused Rambus of violating antitrust laws with some of the application technologies in the DRAM memory chip manufacturing process.

This decision was a blow to Rambus's head, especially when the company had won the trial before (2004) and the FTC's accusation was canceled.

Currently, the FTC has not decided how appropriate the fine for Rambus is. The committee is still collecting comments from related parties so that it can officially issue a verdict on September 15.

Source: princetonusa The incident began in 2002, after the FTC accused Rambus of violating antitrust laws when deceiving standard monitoring organizations.

Specifically, when participating in the process of developing the standard framework for SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory chips of the Board of Electronics Engineers (JEDEC), Rambus deliberately concealed many patents and proprietary technology. .

As a result, JEDEC has set a common standard framework without knowing that Rambus is holding standard-related technologies. Later, Rambus only revealed some technologies in a copyright infringement lawsuit against other JEDEC members.

For his part, Rambus continued to oppose the decision of the FTC and most likely, it will continue to appeal. However, Rambus also affirmed that the verdict only affected some technologies developed by Rambus themselves. Copyright disputes with Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology, therefore, will continue.

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