… While the average person had to figure out the extra fees they had to pay for orders from China, Apple had to find ways of diversifying its already complex supply chain. Apple& 039;s chip suppliers Before an Apple product can even be assembled, the company needs to secure its individual components. …
… Doing so would help China succeed in dominating critical supply chains, making the U.S. tech industry more dependent on China. Apple previously felt pressure in 2022 when it thought about sourcing memory chips from YMTC , specifically for iPhones to be sold in China. …
… Apple's latest China problem While Apple isn't banned from buying chips from either company, it could face a few repercussions. First, the US Department of Defense could stop buying Apple products, even if the chips are only used in China-sold products, due to the Chinese Military Company Blacklist. …
… Apple has acquired memory chips intended for use in smartphones and devices sold in China. The aim of the testing is to make sure the chips CXMT produces are good enough for use in Apple's own products. …
Apple's memory woes are continuing, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has urged Apple not to buy Mac memory chips from Chinese suppliers, despite the continuing supply crisis. Apple has been testing memory chips from the controversial CXMT as a way to ease the current global chip shortage . …
… Consequently, CXMT is becoming a major player in China for smartphone DRAM. …
… Apple could buy the chips solely for the Chinese market, to try and lighten the pressure on overall global supply. …
… Plus, your hosts discuss Apple's plan to combat the chip shortage on the AppleInsider Podcast. …
… Intel could soon be making Apple& 039;s chips. Image credit: Intel Reports had earlier suggested that the two companies were discussing a deal that would help Apple diversify its supply chain. Now, the pair are closer than ever to manufacturing some of Apple& 039;s chips in the United States. …
… To Micron, it believes that permitting such sales would harm the U.S. tech manufacturing industry in the same way that China decimated U.S. steel and manufacturing plants. Blacklist sales The problem revolves around the ongoing memory chip crisis and reducing the cost of components. …