Apple’s testing of memory chips from CXMT, a supplier black-listed by the U.S. government, could help ease the RAM pricing crisis. It’s nowhere near enough to solve the problem.
A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip – Image Credit: Samsung
A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip – Image Credit: Samsung
In late June, Apple reportedly asked the Trump administration to allow it to buy RAM chips from a supplier in China that the U.S. had blacklisted. As Cupertino waits on Washington, it is allegedly testing out the memory from the blackballed company.
According to two sources cited by the Financial Times, Apple has started to test DRAM chips produced by CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies). Apple has acquired memory chips intended for use in smartphones and devices sold in China.