(Taipei / Palo Alto Comprehensive News) The U.S. technology giant Apple Apple (Apple Inc.) has suspended the plan to use a chip produced by a state -owned enterprise in China.
According to the Japanese Economic News Monday (October 17), Apple has suspended plans to use China Changjiang Storage Technology Co., Ltd. (YMTC) storage chip in its products.
This move is the latest round of export control on the Chinese government's implementation of the Chinese technology industry, indicating that the Washington government's suppression is in a cicada effect on the supply chain.
Many sources said that when the U.S. government announced a stricter export restrictions on China earlier this month, Apple has completed the certification of 128 -layer 3D NAND flash memory for Apple mobile phones for several months.
NAND flash memory is a key component from smartphones and personal computers to all electronic devices in the server.The 128 -layer chip of the Yangtze River storage is by far the most advanced chip of Chinese chip manufacturers, but it is still one or two generations behind market leaders such as Samsung Electronics and Micron.
Supply chain executives said that Apple initially planned to use the government -funded Yangtze River storage chip earlier this year because they were at least 20 % cheaper than the chip of major competitors.
Sources pointed out that increasing geopolitical pressure and criticism from the decision makers from the United States have led Apple to change the direction.
At present, the chip stored in the Yangtze River has not been used in Apple products.However, a source mentioned that Apple is considering the final 40 % of the chip required by all mobile phones from the Yangtze River storage.
Apple and Yangtze Storage have not responded to the requirements of Japanese Economic News.
