The company was originally added to a list of organisations thought to be aiding China’s military in January 2025, and that status was upheld in June of this year.

Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is suing the US Department of Defense to seek its removal from a US government blacklist.

The company was originally added to a list of organisations thought to be aiding China’s military in January 2025, and that status was upheld in June of this year.

Established in 2016 in Hefei, CXMT creates the dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips needed to power mobile phones, PCs, tablets, servers, and a range of consumer products and applications.

“CXMT designs, produces and sells its DRAM chips for civilian and commercial use, ​not for military use,” it reportedly said in its court filings.