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27 Jun 2026, 13:27 UTC · 3h ago
Apple Wants to Buy Blacklisted Chinese Memory. Micron Has Nothing to Worry About
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24/7 Wall Street
27 Jun 2026, 13:27 UTC · 3h ago
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Apple is lobbying the U.S. government for permission to source memory chips from blacklisted Chinese supplier ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). — Indicates significant cost pressures for Apple and potential political/regulatory risk if the move is blocked or causes backlash.
-0.40CXMT produces only commodity DRAM and does not manufacture High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), the high-margin product driving Micron's growth. — Mitigates the perceived threat to Micron (MU) by clarifying that a new supply channel would not disrupt the most profitable AI-driven memory segment.
+0.30Apple has implemented price hikes of approximately 20% on several MacBook and iPad models due to rising component costs. — Direct evidence of margin compression and rising input costs affecting Apple's hardware pricing strategy.
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Previous attempts by Apple to source from blacklisted Chinese chipmakers in 2022 faced immediate warnings and potential legislative repercussions from Congress. — Suggests a low probability of success for Apple's current lobbying efforts, maintaining the status quo for existing suppliers.
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The company faces rising component costs, is experiencing political backlash over sourcing from blacklisted suppliers, and recently suffered a large single-day stock loss.
The article argues that Apple's search for new suppliers poses little threat to Micron's high-margin HBM business, which continues to see strong demand.
Mentioned as one of the companies seeing record profitability due to the AI-driven memory chip shortage.
Mentioned in the context of the AI spending boom and the high demand for the HBM chips that power its accelerators.
[b_to_a] Apple is described as the world's largest memory buyer and a customer of Micron.
[a_to_b] Micron is a memory chip supplier to Apple, though the relationship has been strained by Apple's aggressive pricing.
[a_to_b] Micron produces high bandwidth memory (HBM) used in Nvidia's AI accelerators.
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