U.S. Senators Urge Apple Not to Purchase RAM Chips from Chinese Supplier CXMT
On July 30, 2026, U.S. senators wrote a letter urging Apple not to source memory chips from China-based supplier ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), which is blacklisted by the U.S. government for national security concerns. The lawmakers emphasized that incorporating components from CXMT or Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) into Apple products could pose risks related to core national and economic security, particularly due to their alleged ties with China's military-linked entities. The letter was addressed directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook and reflects growing U.S. government scrutiny over supply chain dependencies on Chinese technology firms deemed untrustworthy or state-backed. This development comes amid ongoing global memory shortages and rising RAM prices, which have already strained the tech industry’s operations and consumer electronics markets.
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