Apple recently broke out that the iPhone 14 uses flash memory (NAND Flash) stored by the Yangtze River in China, which caused an uproar in the United States. Today (16th) the iPhone 14 series of mobile phones will go on sale globally. Lu Media reported that a number of dismantling bloggers confirmed that the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14Pro series models do use YMTC NAND chips. Because the Biden administration has adopted strict technology export control measures on the mainland semiconductor industry, it is now “betrayed” by its own family, Apple, which may make the United States feel uneasy.
Prior to this, Korean media BusinessKorea alleged that Yangtze Memory, a mainland chip factory, has been included in Apple’s supply chain and will supply NAND chips for the iPhone 14 series.
Apple responded that it is evaluating the purchase of NAND Flash from YMTC for some iPhones sold in the mainland, and will not consider using YMTC NAND Flash for mobile phones sold outside the mainland, stressing that Apple stores all user data on NAND chips “Fully encrypted”.
IT House reported that as the iPhone 14 starts to go on sale globally today, some bloggers have posted a teardown video of the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Several dismantling bloggers confirmed that the models of Apple’s iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro series use NAND chips provided by Yangtze Memory; another netizen broke the news that some models use NAND from other manufacturers. It appears that Apple’s supply chain is still fairly diverse.
NAND flash memory is a commonly used low-capacity storage device characterized by the ability to retain data even when the device is powered off.Apple currently uses NAND chips mainly from South Korea’s Samsung, SK Hynix and Japan’s Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) three companies
Experts said that it is Apple’s consistent practice to provoke price wars among suppliers, but this strategy is in the hands of the mainland, making mainland Chinese companies that started out by cutting prices to become the winners in the battle.
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