China's top memory chip maker YMTC to build 3rd plant, eyeing 2027 start

NAND producer aims to ride AI boom to lift market share despite US blacklisting

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In this photo illustration, the Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) logo is seen on a smartphone screen. © Getty Images

CHENG TING-FANG

TAIPEI -- China's top NAND flash memory chip maker, Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC), has started building its third plant as the U.S.-blacklisted company taps surging domestic demand driven by localization efforts and the AI boom, Nikkei Asia has learned.

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