the ram cartels have been hit for price fixing time and time again for decades. this most recent has been driven by the irrational over-investment into ai, but it's a tale old as... commodity RAM lol.

https://tech4gamers.com/ram-price-fixing-lawsuit-exposed/ 2026

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-sk-hynix-and-micron-sued-over-alleged-dram-price-fixing-amid-record-memory-costs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/is-there-a-ram-cartel-the-3-memory-giants-behind-sky-high-pc-and-console-prices-just-got-sued/ar-AA26TW8E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing 2002

https://www.aol.com/articles/80s-had-ram-oil-crisis-021700000.html the 80s