CXMT has sued the US Department of Defense in Washington seeking removal from the list identifying it as a Chinese military company, a designation that blocks defence contracts without restricting commercial sales. The company is the world’s fourth-largest DRAM maker and passed Tencent this month to become China’s most valuable listed company.
CXMT has sued the US Department of Defense to get off a list naming it as a Chinese military company. The case was filed in Washington and names Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Bloomberg reported.
“CXMT is not a military company and has no affiliation with the Chinese military,” the Hefei chipmaker said in a statement. It says it designs chips for civilian and commercial use.
It was first designated in January 2025. The company briefly came off a version of the list in February and was put back on in June.
The designation does not stop anyone buying from it. A 1260H listing blocks defence contracts and flags a company to investors, TNW has reported before, without restricting private commercial sales.
