Sun Micro, Unisys Sue Hynix Semiconductor

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Unisys Corp. have filed a U.S. lawsuit against South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc., apparently seeking damages related to a memory chip price-fixing investigation by the federal government, Hynix said.

Hynix said in a disclosure to South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service that the companies jointly filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Northern California.

A spokesman for Hynix said the company would seek an out-of-court settlement.

Sun Microsystems is based in Santa Clara, Calif. Unisys is based in Blue Bell, Pa.