Apple Faces Pushback over Plans to Buy Chinese Memory Chips
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U.S. senators have warned Apple not to use products from Chinese memory semiconductor companies that pose a security threat. This is due to concerns that it could undermine the strategy of building a domestic supply chain and containing China's semiconductor industry, and is expected to place significant pressure on Apple's future supply chain decisions.
US senators urge Apple to abandon plans for Chinese-made chips
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Apple faces pushback over plans to buy Chinese memory chips
Bloomberg reports that US senators from both sides of the aisle are urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to commit by August 21 to not using memory chips from Chinese suppliers CXMT and YMTC. Here are the details.
Senators Warn Apple Not to Buy Memory Chips From Chinese Firms
A bipartisan group of US senators urged Apple Inc. to abandon any efforts to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese semiconductor suppliers CXMT Corp. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., warning that the iPhone maker risked becoming reliant on a US adversary for crucial components.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has created a huge demand for DRAM and NAND flash memory in data centers, leading to a global memory shortage. To reduce memory costs and address the supply shortage, Apple plans to purchase memory chips from China, but this has been blocked by Micron Technology, the only major memory chip manufacturer in the United States. Micron is lobbying the Trump administration to prevent Apple from making t…
U.S. senators from both parties urged Apple to abandon any efforts to purchase chips from blacklisted Chinese semiconductor suppliers Changxin Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the senators stated that the company should avoid using chips in its devices.
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