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China's top DRAM maker CXMT sues Pentagon over its blacklisting
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China's leading DRAM producer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense in an attempt to overturn its classification as a company linked to China's military, Reuters reports.
Key facts
- The Pentagon initially classified CXMT as a Chinese military company in January 2025, when Joe Biden was the president
- The Trump administration subsequently maintained the designation when the Defense Department updated the list in June
- Indeed, CXMT claims that since January 2025 the designation has continuously hurt it commercially and reputationally, and that the lawsuit is intended to protect its business interests
- China's leading DRAM producer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense in an attempt to overturn its classification as a company linked
Summary
China's leading DRAM producer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense in an attempt to overturn its classification as a company linked to China's military, Reuters reports. The Pentagon initially classified CXMT as a Chinese military company in January 2025, when Joe Biden was the president. The company claims the DoD published a notice in February indicating that CXMT would be taken off the list but withdrew that notice later the same day without any explanation. While CXMT memory can certainly be found in systems used by the PLA or China's secret services, this does not automatically make CXMT a direct supplier to these entities and therefore does not prove that CXMT is a Chinese military company. CXMT points out the Pentagon's original motivation to include the DRAM maker in its list was a remarkably weak-looking 'military grade' argument.