Apple is taking a very unusual step, according to the latest information. After raising the prices of a number of its products last week due to the sharp rise in memory chip prices, it is now reportedly asking for adminiUS President Donald Trump's request for permission to purchase RAM from the Chinese company ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). It is this company that could Applu help reduce production costs, but there is one major catch – the company is on the American blacklist due to alleged ties to the Chinese military.
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Apple looking for a way to stop the price hike
According to information from the newspaper Financial Times addressed Apple American miniThe president has been in the business for more than a month. But in recent weeks, he has significantly intensified his efforts and is trying to get White House approval to buy memory chips from CXMT despite its controversial position. The reason is quite simple - the world is currently facing a shortage of memory, the prices of which are rising sharply due to huge demand from AI data centers.
It was the rise in the price of memory and storage chips that prompted Apple last week, for the first time in a long time, increased the prices of several product lines. CEO Tim Cook At the time, he openly admitted that the company could no longer absorb further cost increases and would have to pass some of them on to customers. He also indicated that if American regulations allowed it, Apple would not be opposed to cooperation with Chinese memory manufacturers.
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The problem is not the laws, but the politics.
It's interesting, that Apple In fact, the purchase of chips from CXMT is not directly prohibited. However, the Chinese manufacturer is on the list of companies that the Pentagon describes as being connected to the Chinese military. Any cooperation with them is therefore very sensitive from a political point of view and requires the approval of the US adminiMoreover, a number of American politicians have already made it clear that they would consider such a step a big mistake, because they believe it would further strengthen the dependence of American technology companies on China.
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It is not yet clear how the whole situation will turn out. However, if Apple If it does get the go-ahead, it could pave the way for cheaper memory chips, which would help it mitigate the impact of the current memory crisis. Whether this would then translate into the prices of future iPhones, iPads, or Macs is too early to say at this point.
