But prices of DRAMs (dynamic random access memory chips) have continued to fall and there are few signs of demand picking up any time soon.

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In perhaps the best-known example of standards abuse, Rambus was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of helping to develop standards for dynamic random access memory chips without disclosing the fact it held patents on key parts of the technology.

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At present Micron Technology (nyse: MU - news - people ) and other producers of dynamic random access memory chips for computers--one of the most competitive industries on the planet--are confronted with charges from the Justice Department that imply all three pricing offenses at once.

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