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Sources: Apple is lobbying the Trump admin for clearance to buy memory chips from US-blacklisted Chinese company CXMT to ease pressure from rising chip prices (Financial Times)
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Apple is seeking U.S. government approval to purchase memory chips from a Chinese supplier that is currently on a blacklist. The company says the request is driven by sharply rising memory-chip prices, which have put pressure on its supply chain. Approval would allow Apple to source the chips despite the supplier’s restricted status.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Sources: Apple is lobbying the Trump admin for clearance to buy memory chips from US-blacklisted Chinese company CXMT to ease pressure from rising chip prices (Financial Times)
- Engadget·Apple is reportedly looking to buy chips from a US-blacklisted Chinese company
- The Next Web·Apple wants US approval to buy chips from CXMT as memory prices quadruple
- The Verge·Apple wants permission to buy memory from a blacklisted Chinese supplier
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