The AI Daily Brief · Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Apple is lobbying the White House for approval to purchase memory chips from Chinese manufacturers like CXMT, citing out-of-control memory prices. Micron, the primary US memory chip manufacturer, is lobbying against this, warning of severe damage to the domestic industry.
“Apple was lobbying the White House for approval to purchase memory chips from Chinese manufacturers, including CXMT.”
“Micron has waited into the debate, lobbying the White House to keep restrictions in place.”
“Micron is the only sizable US manufacturer of memory, with the rest of the large producers headquartered in Korea.”
“Sanjay Mehrotra has reportedly warned that allowing Chinese manufacturers to enter the US could decimate the local industry, according to the same fate as the US steel and manufacturing industry.”
“Apple wants CXMT parts in its supply chain, and Micron is lobbying the White House to keep them out. And both are dressing it up as national security.”