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.
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.
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.
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.