{
  "id": 8265947,
  "title": "China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/chinas-premier-memory-maker-cxmt-eyes-producing-flash-for-ssds-report",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:34:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/chinas-premiere-memory-maker-cxmt-eyes-producing-flash-for-ssds-report-claims-3d-nand-research-and-development-line-rumored-for-its-second-manufacturing-facility-near-beijing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A report suggests that China's leading DRAM manufacturer, CXMT, is considering producing 3D NAND memory, according to Reuters. The company plans to construct a 3D NAND research and development production line at its upcoming second manufacturing facility near Beijing. Although there is no information on when this experimental production line will become operational, it is at least two or three years away given that CXMT's second Beijing fab has not yet broken ground. CXMT established a research institute in Beijing for NAND flash development projects, though the company has not officially confirmed any 3D NAND initiatives. CXMT's potential foray into 3D NAND could be driven by commercial interests, strategic importance, or Chinese government policies to bolster semiconductor self-sufficiency.",
  "summary": "China's DRAM champion CXMT is reportedly planning to enter 3D NAND production as it plots 3D NAND research programs and pilot line at its future fab near Beijing.",
  "key_points": [
    "CXMT, China's leading DRAM manufacturer, may produce 3D NAND memory.",
    "Company plans to build 3D NAND R&D production line at second Beijing fab.",
    "CXMT's 3D NAND initiative could be due to commercial or government policies."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs building a NAND flash memory factory in the US; SK Hynix is also in talks with Intel for a separate project in Ohio (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/sources-sk-hynix-subsidiary-solidigm-weighs-building-a-nand-flash",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:10:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}