After Apple's ‘special request’ to US officials, Chinese chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon
China's largest memory chipmaker, CXMT, has sued the Pentagon this week. The company disputes its designation as a Chinese military company by the US government. CXMT states its DRAM chips are for civilian and commercial use only. This lawsuit follows similar challenges from other Chinese technology firms. The legal action highlights ongoing trade tensions over national security concerns.
China's largest memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has initiated a lawsuit against the US Pentagon, following its placement on a list of entities the US government claims support China's military. The move comes after Apple reportedly made a special request to US officials regarding CXMT's status. According to Reuters, the Pentagon's decision marks the latest escalation in trade tensions between Beijing's tech sector and Washington over national security concerns.
CXMT maintains it is not affiliated with the Chinese military and designs, produces, and sells its DRAM chips for civilian and commercial use only. The US Defense Department declined to comment on the specifics of the case, citing its policy of not commenting on pending or ongoing litigation. CXMT's lawsuit alleges the Pentagon's decision was arbitrary, not based on sufficient evidence, and violated its due process rights.
The company has stated that the designation has already caused reputational and commercial harm. CXMT is China's top producer of dynamic random-access memory chips (DRAM), widely used in smartphones, personal computers, servers, and artificial intelligence systems.
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