Prosecutors raid semiconductor suppliers over price-fixing suspicions

Seoul prosecutors raided the Korean offices of Montage Technology, Renesas Electronics, and Rambus on suspicion of price-fixing collusion in supplying semiconductor components to Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron. The investigation centres on alleged Fair Trade Act violations by these oligopolistic suppliers to global memory chip manufacturers.

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