Wednesday, September 7th 2022
Apple to Source 3D NAND Memory from Chinese YMTC
As reported by BusinessKorea, Apple, one of the largest companies in the world, will source its 3D NAND from Chinese memory maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC). Known for supplying 3D NAND to Chinese SSD makers, YTMC's reported contract with Apple will fuel the upcoming iPhone 14 SKU manufacturing. Whether or not this partnership will expand to other products, it is essential to have as many storage sources as possible, as Apple sells millions of devices per year. YTMC is on track to deliver 3D NAND flash with the latest Xstacking 3.0 six-plane architecture that provides triple-level cell storage with I/O speeds of 2400 MT/s.
YTMC has joined the list of 3D NAND flash vendors that Apple works with, including SK Hynix, Samsung, Kioxia, and possibly others. This partnership also highlights that the Chinese memory output is sufficient and significant enough to break into more markets worldwide, not remaining exclusive to domestic use.
Sources:
BusinessKorea, via Tom's Hardware
YTMC has joined the list of 3D NAND flash vendors that Apple works with, including SK Hynix, Samsung, Kioxia, and possibly others. This partnership also highlights that the Chinese memory output is sufficient and significant enough to break into more markets worldwide, not remaining exclusive to domestic use.
36 Comments on Apple to Source 3D NAND Memory from Chinese YMTC
I vote that any company that wants to sell technology products in the US is not allowed to use China for manufacturing, assembly, or distribution. And that all countries stop spying on people and leave each other alone.
US agencies 'monitored calls of 35 world leaders'
www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-24662897It’s both sad and hilarious that we are at a point where speaking truth is regarded as hate and telling others what we need and want is sickening weighed up against the unfortunate reality of a global community and the needs of all.
At the end of the day F Apple, sent from my IPhone, cause it was free. I hope someone makes phones that are as good as this SE for free cause I’m ready to have a headphone Jack not just on my work phone.
China has sent ultimatums to tech companies in the past (mostly software), where not meeting some condition or criteria, would result in getting booted from the market. IBM and SAP are all too aware of this.
YMTC is NOT on par with Samsung, SK Hynix or Micron. So why is no one asking about the choice?
Personally, I'd doubt the fail rate and durability of these NAND chips, but then again... they only need to last till their planned obsolescence date, right?
And people not mentioning it, doesn't mean they haven't done that question in their heads. Usually we have 10 thoughts/question in our heads, but we keep our posts simple and only write 1-2 of them.