U.S. lawmakers call for review of Apple plan to use Chinese chips

Yangtze Memory Technologies parts in iPhone 14 sparks supply chain concerns

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Apple reportedly has plans to use 3D NAND chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies in iPhone 14s sold in China. © Reuters

TAKESHI SHIRAISHI, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- A group of U.S. senators has asked the intelligence community to analyze the threat posed by Apple's reported plan to adopt Chinese memory chips in its new iPhone 14.

A decision by Apple to procure 3D NAND memory chips from state-owned Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) "would introduce significant privacy and security vulnerabilities to the global digital supply chain ...," the lawmakers said in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

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