--- title: Senators warn Apple off Chinese memory chips | daily.dev description: A bipartisan group of US senators, led by Jim Banks and Chuck Schumer, has warned Apple CEO Tim Cook against purchasing memory chips from Chinese suppliers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/senators-warn-apple-off-chinese-memory-chips-dyxfq0okz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Senators warn Apple off Chinese memory chips | daily.dev og:description: A bipartisan group of US senators, led by Jim Banks and Chuck Schumer, has warned Apple CEO Tim Cook against purchasing memory chips from Chinese suppliers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/senators-warn-apple-off-chinese-memory-chips-dyxfq0okz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dyXFq0Okz.png og:image:alt: Senators warn Apple off Chinese memory chips og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Senators warn Apple off Chinese memory chips **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A bipartisan group of US senators, led by Jim Banks and Chuck Schumer, has warned Apple CEO Tim Cook against purchasing memory chips from Chinese suppliers CXMT and YMTC, citing national security risks. Both firms appear on a Pentagon list of companies believed to support China's military, and YMTC is on a US Commerce Department trade blacklist. Apple has been exploring cheaper Chinese memory to offset a global shortage driven by AI demand, which has already forced price hikes across its product lineup. Apple's argument that Chinese chips would only go into China-market devices was dismissed by senators, who noted that extending a qualified part globally is a single procurement decision. The senators also raised concerns about the impact on US-based memory investments by Micron and SK Hynix, and demanded Apple commit by August 21 to exclude both suppliers entirely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. 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