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title: "China's CXMT Rejects Apple Request for Below-Market DRAM Pricing"
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published_at: "2026-10-31T08:22:40.000Z"
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summary: "CXMT declined a request from Apple to provide memory chips at prices below the current market rate, according to a market report. The decision underscores the current leverage of the Chinese DRAM producer as a shortage of artificial intelligence memory chips continues to drive pricing higher across the industry. CXMT's third-quarter revenue surged to about $16.7B, a 613% increase year over year, with a net profit of $8.17B, while revenue for the first nine months reached $40.39B and net income was $19.82B, though sequential quarterly profit growth of only 3% suggests the pace of price gains is cooling."
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# China's CXMT Rejects Apple Request for Below\-Market DRAM Pricing

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**Published:** 2026-10-31T08:22:40.000Z
**Category:** Chips
**Topics:** china, apple

## Summary

CXMT declined a request from Apple to provide memory chips at prices below the current market rate, according to a market report\. The decision underscores the current leverage of the Chinese DRAM producer as a shortage of artificial intelligence memory chips continues to drive pricing higher across the industry\. CXMT's third\-quarter revenue surged to about $16\.7B, a 613% increase year over year, with a net profit of $8\.17B, while revenue for the first nine months reached $40\.39B and net income was $19\.82B, though sequential quarterly profit growth of only 3% suggests the pace of price gains is cooling\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/tech/chinas-cxmt-rejects-apple-request-for-below-market-dram-pricing-edaf9771>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2116143294052962404>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2116151428737855979>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/MelvinInvests/status/2116441296504316402>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/tech/chinas-cxmt-rejects-apple-request-for-below-market-dram-pricing-edaf9771>)