Apple tested China's CXMT chips for its memory crunch; Washington said no
Apple has begun testing DRAM from China's CXMT for iPhones and MacBooks as a memory shortage pushes prices higher, but the plan is politically radioactive: CXMT sits on a Pentagon list of Chinese military-linked firms and the Trump administration is pushing back. The result could keep Apple locked into pricier Western memory just as AI demand tightens supply.