SEOUL -- Samsung has agreed to pay $90 million for its role in fixing prices on DRAM devices. Samsung was among several chipmakers under federal investigation for allegedly colluding on DRAM pricing.

More than $730 million in fines have been levied and four companies -- Samsung, Elpida Memory, Infineon and Hynix -- have pled guilty.

A federal case continues against Infineon, Elpida and Hynix, plus Micron Technology, Mosel-Vitelic, Nanya Technology and NEC.

Of the Samsung settlement, a reported $80 million will go to consumers and $10 million to states and local governments.

The settlement also includes numerous private class-action suits and is subject to approval in federal court in San Francisco.

New York, California and Illinois were the lead plaintiffs in the case, which grew out of a 2002 Justice Department investigation that turned up evidence of artificially supported prices by handful of big companies.

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