ChangXin Memory, China’s only DRAM company, could be the next Chinese chip company to be denied chip manufacturing equipment from firms controlled by the US.

It is reported by Digitimes that Micron has indicated to DRAM module makers that ChangXin ICs infringe Micron patents.

It was Micron’s lawsuit for stealing trade secrets against another Chinese DRAM maker Fujian Jin Hua which led the US government to put a ban on the sale of US-controlled production equipment to the company.

This led to a complete halt on operations at Fujian Jin Hua to build its first DRAM fab and the company has been dormant ever since.

ChangXin was planning to be running 40,000 wpm on 19nm technology in Q2.

If ChangXin gets blacklisted by the US then all eyes will be on the fate of China’s most successful memory operation – Yangtze Memory.

By: DocMemory
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