Key takeaways

  • Sen. Tom Cotton is urging the Commerce secretary to add CXMT to its "Entity List" as the fast-growing Chinese memory maker expands in DRAM and pushes into HBM.
  • Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is urging the Trump administration to take a harsher stance toward Chinese memory maker ChangXin Memory Technologies.
  • The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 9 that Apple was considering using CXMT's memory in iPhones and Macs in light of the global shortage driven by the AI buildout.

Sen. Tom Cotton is urging the Commerce Department to add Chinese memory maker CXMT to its "Entity List," which would sharply restrict its access to U.S. technology. Cotton, in a letter obtained first by CNBC, warned Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick against allowing the company to grow its global footprint.

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