en.Wedoany.com Reported - Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for approval to purchase memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (CXMT). CXMT, China's largest memory chip manufacturer, has been placed on a list of military-linked companies by the U.S. Department of Defense. According to a report by the Financial Times citing anonymous sources, Apple's move aims to alleviate financial pressure from rising memory chip prices.

The White House, Apple, and CXMT did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment made outside of business hours. A person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that Apple contacted the U.S. Department of Commerce over a month ago and has communicated with other government officials and allies in Washington. During the Biden administration, CXMT was designated by the Department of Defense as a "Chinese military company" and, along with other entities, was approved by an interagency committee last year to be added to the Commerce Department's Entity List. Under regulations, U.S. companies are prohibited from shipping goods, software, and technology to entities on the list without a license, and such licenses are likely to be denied.

Apple raised prices for iPads and MacBooks on Thursday, stating it could no longer shield customers from the surging costs of memory and storage chips. This price increase, driven by data center construction in the artificial intelligence industry, highlights the dilemma faced by major U.S. tech companies: balancing soaring memory chip costs against Washington's national security restrictions on Chinese chip manufacturers.

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