Netlist asks the ITC to bar DDR5 and high bandwidth memory imports, naming Nvidia, Google and Samsung

Netlist, a memory module maker in Irvine, California, is seeking a US import ban covering DDR5 generation memory modules and high bandwidth memory. The International Trade Commission instituted Investigation No. 337-TA-1511 on July 15 under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, after Netlist filed a complaint on June 16 and supplemented it on June 24 and 25. The complaint alleges infringement of claims of two patents, US Patent No. 12,646,537 and US Patent No. 12,650,937, and names Samsung Electronics along with Samsung Electronics America and Samsung Semiconductor, Google, Nvidia, Broadcom and Super Micro Computer as respondents. Netlist has asked the Commission for a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

The scope reaches further than the modules. The Commission defined the accused products as DDR5 generation DIMM and high bandwidth memory, products containing them such as servers, computing systems and storage systems, and components. No respondent has answered yet. Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation are due within 20 days of service, and the Commission said extensions will not be granted without good cause.