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Apple Seeks US Approval to Buy Memory Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier CXMT
Tags Infrastructure · Consumer · Enterprise
Tom's Hardware·
Apple is lobbying the US government for approval to purchase memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese company blacklisted over national security concerns. The move highlights Apple's efforts to diversify its memory chip supply chain amid rising costs from AI-driven demand. Analysts suggest Apple may be using CXMT talks as leverage in supplier negotiations with Micron, and that CXMT poses less immediate threat to Micron than investors fear.
Technical significance
If approved, this would set a precedent for blacklisted Chinese tech suppliers regaining access to US markets. It also reflects the tension between national security trade policy and the commercial reality of memory supply shortages.