Post by Hauskaz on Sept 3, 2008 18:14:56 GMT -5
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In late August of this year, a major class action lawsuit was filed in the state of California against ATI/AMD and Nvidia, alleging that the two primary graphics cards graphics cards companies conspired to price fixing of GPU processors and graphics cards.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Nothern District of California and the courts have ruled that the filing may proceed. The plaintiffs are Jordan Walker and Michael Bensingor, who have filed the suite on behalf of themselves and anyone else who has been an ATI or Nvidia customer.
According to the class action filing:
"The Named Plaintiffs allege that, in violation of the federal antitrust laws, Nvidia and ATI conspired to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize prices of graphics processing chips and cards. The Named Plaintiffs also contend that Defendants unlawfully colluded to coordinate new product introductions."
Just two years ago, both AMD and Nvidia were reported to have conspired to similar antitrust behavior. According to reports from 2006, AMD and Nvidia allegedly exchanged emails between top executives in an effort to stabilize and maintain minimum pricing for both chips and cards.
Awesome.
In late August of this year, a major class action lawsuit was filed in the state of California against ATI/AMD and Nvidia, alleging that the two primary graphics cards graphics cards companies conspired to price fixing of GPU processors and graphics cards.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Nothern District of California and the courts have ruled that the filing may proceed. The plaintiffs are Jordan Walker and Michael Bensingor, who have filed the suite on behalf of themselves and anyone else who has been an ATI or Nvidia customer.
According to the class action filing:
"The Named Plaintiffs allege that, in violation of the federal antitrust laws, Nvidia and ATI conspired to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize prices of graphics processing chips and cards. The Named Plaintiffs also contend that Defendants unlawfully colluded to coordinate new product introductions."
Just two years ago, both AMD and Nvidia were reported to have conspired to similar antitrust behavior. According to reports from 2006, AMD and Nvidia allegedly exchanged emails between top executives in an effort to stabilize and maintain minimum pricing for both chips and cards.
Awesome.