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CX Daily: Memory Shortage Creates Space for China’s Lesser-Known Chipmakers

Published: Dec. 24, 2025  9:00 a.m.  GMT+8
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A national memory base project located in Future Sci-Tech City, East Lake High-tech Zone, Wuhan, Hubei province, Jan. 2021. Photo: VCG
A national memory base project located in Future Sci-Tech City, East Lake High-tech Zone, Wuhan, Hubei province, Jan. 2021. Photo: VCG

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In Depth: Memory Shortage Creates Space for China’s Lesser-Known Chipmakers

In late October, Xiaomi Corp. founder Lei Jun took to social media to complain about how far memory chip prices had risen, drawing attention to a problem that has heaped cost pressure on manufacturers across China’s consumer-electronics industry.

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