Apple has begun testing DRAM from China's state-backed CXMT for devices sold in China, the FT reports, as it lobbies Washington to allow wider use.

Apple is testing CXMT DRAM chips for Chinese devices amid tripling LPDDR5X prices, seeking US approval to source from a Pentagon-blacklisted chipmaker.

CANADA - 2026/05/23: In this photo illustration, the CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA…