AMD, nVidia 가격 담합 피소

제목 그대로 AMD와 Nvidia가 서로간의 가격 담합으로 인해 지난 8월말 소송이 걸렸다고 합니다.

거기에 더불어서 신제품 출시도 서로 미리 대화를 한후,

각 회사에게 큰 피해가 가지않는 날짜를 정해 시행되었다고 합니다.



In late August of this year, a major class action lawsuit was filed in the state of California against ATI/AMDamd and Nvidia, alleging that the two primary graphics cardsgraphics cards companies conspired to price fixing of GPUgpu processors and graphics cards.

The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern 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 Nvidianvidia 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.

Now those half truths seem to be true. Tom’s Hardware was able to obtain the legal documents for the filing as well as exhibits, showing detailed email exchanges between top ATI executives and managers and those from Nvidia. In one such email, Paul Ayscough of ATI exchanged long emails with Kevin Shuh of Nvidia, talking about working more closely together:



원본글 링크로 가시면 증거 이메일 사진들과 가격담합 내용이 담긴 도표등이 있습니다.



글을 적은 Tuan Nguyen 기자분도 거의 사실같다고 얘기하는군요.



실제로 이메일을 보니 각 회사의 윗분들이 이미 수년전에 주고받은 가격담합에 대한 내용이 그스란히 남아있네요.



정말 사실이라면 참 안타까운 일입니다.



*추신*  확인결과 현재 출시되고 있는 제품들이 영향을 받았다는 내용은 없었습니다.

          하지만 전에도 이루어지고 있던 일들이 현재에도 이루어지지 않고 있다는 증거도 없습니다.

          소송이 2007년도 부터 준비되어 온 것이기 때문에 그 후의 일은 모르지요.

          영섭님의 지적 감사합니다.









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