Involved in China, Apple responded

A rumor about Apple made some American politicians unable to sit still. Some Republican members of the United States recently warned Apple that if the company purchases a storage chip for the new iPhone 14 from a Chinese semiconductor manufacturer, it will face the strict review of Congress.

The clamor was "Anti -China Pioneer", vice chairman of the American Senate Intelligence Committee, Republican Rubio, and the Chief Republican member of the House of Representatives McCawal. Earlier, according to the Korean media Businesskorea, Apple will include China Changjiang Storage Technology Co., Ltd. on its NAND flash chip supplier list. The British "Financial Times" reported that Rubio and others were shocked by this.

"Apple is playing fire." Rubio told the Financial Times, "It knows the security risks brought by the Yangtze River storage. If it continues to advance the matter, it will be reviewed by the US federal government." McCowul also Regarding the newspaper, Apple will effectively store knowledge and technology to the Yangtze River, thereby enhancing its technical capabilities and helping China to achieve national goals.

Regarding the accusations of the US Congress, Apple said that it did not use the chip stored in the Yangtze River storage in any product, but stated that it is "some iPhone for the purchase of NAND chips from the Yangtze River storage to the iPhone sold in China." Apple said that the chip stored in the Yangtze River storage in mobile phones sold abroad. All user data stored on the NAND chip used by the company are "completely encrypted."

In fact, Businesskorea is more clear in previous reports that Apple's considering chip stored in the Yangtze River is more economic considerations. The media quoted industry observers as saying that the intention of Apple and the Yangtze River storage cooperation is to reduce the price of NAND flash memory through the diversification of suppliers. The most important thing is that Apple needs to show a friendly gesture to the Chinese government to promote the sales of its products in the Chinese market.

In addition, Businesskorea said that Apple once again chose China's BOE as one of the iPhone 14 display suppliers. And Apple does this is also due to the need to reduce the need to depend on Samsung. It is reported that from 2019 to 2021, Apple shows to Samsung to pay about 1 trillion won (about 5 billion yuan) in Samsung each year because it fails to purchase the amount prescribed by the contract. Businesskorea believes that it is unusual to pay compensation to suppliers. This shows that Apple highly relies on Samsung's display.

Apple has a huge supply chain system in China. According to Forbes, as of 2021, 51 Chinese companies were supplying parts to Apple. Mainland China has surpassed Taiwan as Apple's largest supplier. Third -party data shows that more than ten years ago, Chinese suppliers contributed 3.6%of the value of iPhone mobile phones; today, the proportion of Chinese suppliers' contribution to the value of iPhone mobile phones has increased significantly, and it has reached more than 25%.

Reporter Zhang Wang

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