China's role in solving Apple's memory crunch becomes less likely

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-08-11 17:15

China's ability to alleviate Apple's memory shortage is diminishing due to geopolitical factors. Apple had considered sourcing RAM from Chinese firms CXMT and YMTC as a potential mitigation strategy. However, potential U.S. restrictions, even if not explicitly banned, make this solution increasingly unlikely. AI

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China's role in solving Apple's memory crunch becomes less likely

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China now even less likely to solve Apple’s memory crunch One of Apple’s proposed solutions – or at least mitigations – for the memory shortage was to buy RAM f

China now even less likely to solve Apple’s memory crunch One of Apple’s proposed solutions – or at least mitigations – for the memory shortage was to buy RAM from two Chinese companies, CXMT and YMTC. While it was not technically banned from doing so, this would have put it i… h…

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China now even less likely to solve Apple’s memory crunch One of Apple’s proposed solutions – or at least mitigations – for the memory shortage was to buy RAM f

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