MARKET REPORT
Apple Said to Be Testing Chinese Memory Chips as Supply Crunch Bites
Executive takeaway
Apple has begun evaluating memory from China's CXMT after months of lobbying Washington for clearance, as a tightening DRAM market pushes PC makers toward Chinese suppliers.
Apple has started testing memory chips from Chinese producer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after months of lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy them, according to a report circulated by ZeroHedge.
The move is tied to a broader memory supply crunch that has driven DRAM and NAND pricing sharply higher and left large PC and device makers searching for additional sources of supply. CXMT, which has expanded capacity rapidly, has become one of the few incremental suppliers outside the established Korean and US producers.
Use of Chinese memory in US-designed consumer hardware remains politically sensitive, and any qualification process would need to clear both technical and regulatory hurdles. Apple has not publicly commented on the testing.
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