Could NVIDIA And ATI Possibly Have Colluded To Fix Prices?

jammin - July 18, 2008 07:42PM in Manufacturers

Our members have been talking in the forums about the case brought against NVIDIA and ATI in relation to accusations involving price fixing. One of the pieces of evidence made public by the judge was the following from an email sent by Dan Vivoli (NVIDIA Senior VP of marketing) to Dave Orton (ATI President and COO): "I really think we should work harder together on the marketing front. As you and I have talked about, even though we are competitors, we have the common goal of making our category a well positioned, respected playing field. $5 and $8 stocks are a result of no respect." A little vague, but do you think it indicates that something shady was going on? Have your say in the forum.