The World's Top Semiconductor Giants Accused of Price-Fixing: What Happens Next? / SBS News

Memory semiconductors, the core components that store information in electronic devices.

Recently, South Korea's leading companies, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, along with the U.S.-based Micron, have been hit with a class-action lawsuit by American consumers.

The allegation is price-fixing among the three companies.
In other words, they are suspected of intentionally limiting the production of memory chips to drive up prices.

How did this happen?
And what will be the consequences of this price-fixing lawsuit?

SBS News looked into it.

(Producer: Kim Hye-ji | Editor: Lee Sang-hee | Designer: Kim Ha-kyung | Narrator: Seong Ha-jin | Intern: Ha Ji-min | Director: Han Ji-ho)
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