Chipmaker Changxin Technology Group IPO’d this morning, rising over 500 percent on speculation that RAMageddon will drive demand for its memory chips, now dominated Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. Tim Cook’s said to have asked for an exception to use CXMT’s chips in Apple products sold in China to keep costs down. [Link: China memory chipmaker CXMT skyrockets 500% in blockbuster Shanghai debut | https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/cxmt-china-market-debut-chipmaker-ipo.html | CNBC]

CXMT is China’s biggest memory chipmaker and its debut comes amid an AI-driven demand boom that has boosted the stock price of its rivals Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix.

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