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Apple tests Chinese memory chips
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Apple is testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across its product lines, including iPhones and MacBooks, The Wall Street Journal reported, as global tech reckons with an AI-induced memory shortage.<br>The firm is reportedly seeking the White House’s approval to use CXMT chips in products sold in China, two months after CEO Tim Cook raised prices due to chip costs.<br>The politics could prove insurmountable: A bipartisan group of US senators wrote in July to discourage Apple from pursuing Chinese chips, as Washington increased curbs on Beijing’s tech ahead of next month’s summit.<br>One of the most valuable mainland-listed companies following its July IPO, CXMT remains “two to three generations” behind firms like SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron, an analyst told CNBC.
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