Chinese memory-chip producers maintained rapid development in the second quarter of 2026, with Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) entering the global top three in NAND flash shipments for the first time and the newly listed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT)'s DRAM revenue surging 716 percent.

Counterpoint's Q2 tracker puts the Chinese vendor at a 14% shipment share.

Chinese memory-chip maker YMTC climbed to third place in global NAND flash shipments in the second quarter, as tight industry capacity and AI-driven demand reshaped the…