Comment by bilekas

4 hours ago

I mean there was an attempt before, and maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure they were fined in 2010 at least in the EU, this seems to be round 2 of their 'Memory Cartel' after learning some lessons, realising all they need to do is keep supply as low as they want and allow the AI companies to spend hand over fist.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_10_...

>keep supply as low as they want and allow the AI companies to spend hand over fist

That's indistinguishable from not wanting to get burned by another semiconductor boom/bust cycle.