U.S. Urges Apple Not to Buy Chinese Memory Chips

7 points | by bookofjoe an hour ago

5 comments

  • WarOnPrivacy an hour ago

    From article:

        Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urges iPhone maker to find other
    solutions to AI-driven chip supply crunch
    Reality translation:

        Commerce Secretary urges iPhone maker to keep US RAM supplies depleted
    so that US RAM prices will remain at historical/ever-increasing highs.
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      bdangubic 33 minutes ago

      actual translation - time to bring another envelope to mar-a-largo, elections are approaching :)

  • bookofjoe an hour ago

    https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-china-memory-chip-plan-57773a...

  • xenospn 19 minutes ago

    Just as a fun thought exercise: let’s say you’re a Chinese state actor, you got Apple to buy your RAM. How could you possibly exploit this? I’m drawing a blank.

  • WarOnPrivacy an hour ago

    For those who receive WSJ's passive-aggressive response to privacy measures - WSJ's "Access is temporarily restricted" page [where temporarily = after heat death of universe]

    https://archive.ph/lXFW1