Apple Turns to Samsung After Dropping Chinese Memory Chip Supplier Over Trade Restrictions
Apple had to scrap plans to buy NAND flash memory chips for iPhones from Chinese chipmaker YMTC last month due to U.S. trade restrictions
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Apple Pauses Plan to Use Chinese Chips Over White House Pressure: Report
Apple originally wanted to start using NAND flash memory chips from China's YMTC as early as this year for its iPhone 14 lineup
Global 3D NAND Chip Supply Shortage Forces Apple to Call on Samsung
Apple upcoming line of new iPhone models, including the widely anticipated iPhone 8, could see a 30 percent shortage in the supply of NAND flash storage capacity chips.