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Apple tests China's CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks, WSJ reports
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The Express Tribune
— REUTERSApple has been testing memory chips from China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) across product lines including iPhones and MacBooks to mitigate a component shortage fueled by the AI boom, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
READ: China’s memory chip makers ride AI boom to new power and US scrutinyLaptop makers HP and Acer have started using CXMT memory chips in devices sold outside the US to ease supply shortages, the newspaper said.
CXMT has risen to become the world’s fourth-biggest maker of memory chips, including the DRAM variety used in smartphones, laptops and servers.
Memory chips that help devices run apps and store files were once a low-margin business.
The Chinese memory makers are now picking clients and dictating prices.