Netlist seeks US ban on imports of Micron AI chips — Channel NewsAsia

In the United States, Netlist has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission seeking to block imports of Micron memory chips used in Google, Nvidia and Broadcom products for artificial intelligence computing.

Complaint to the trade body

As Channel NewsAsia reports, Netlist initially filed the complaint with the US International Trade Commission on Friday under confidential status and announced the filing on Tuesday. The company claims that Micron chips and the products of technology corporations infringe two of its patents related to high-bandwidth memory technology.

Netlist is seeking to ban the import into the United States of Micron dynamic random-access memory devices, as well as graphics processors, servers and other Google, Nvidia and Broadcom products that, according to the complainant, contain technology infringing its patents.

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Previous patent disputes

Representatives of Micron, Google, Nvidia and Broadcom did not immediately comment on the complaint. Netlist CEO C K Hong said that the company had spent decades developing advanced memory technologies that are now used in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure.

In 2024, Netlist secured a $445 million verdict in a patent infringement case against Micron in federal court in Marshall, Texas. In August, the company also filed a separate complaint against Micron over memory chips used in products by Super Micro Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo. That same month, Netlist settled a separate patent dispute with Samsung after verdicts totaling $421 million against the South Korean company.