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Apple testing memory chips from Chinese CXMT (Pentagon blacklist) for iPhones/MacBooks amid AI-driven memory shortage, but CXMT rejected Apple's lowball offer, pressuring memory incumbents and raising regulatory risks. Hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry; TSMC reclaims $2T market cap; Micron stock pullback amid memory shortage narrative, indicating continued AI infrastructure investment.

Apple-CXMT memory supply

Apple testing memory chips from Chinese CXMT (Pentagon blacklist) for iPhones/MacBooks amid AI-driven memory shortage, but CXMT rejected Apple's lowball offer, pressuring memory incumbents and raising regulatory risks.

Hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry; TSMC reclaims $2T market cap; Micron stock pullback amid memory shortage narrative, indicating continued AI infrastructure investment.

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