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China's CXMT starts small-volume HBM3E production, expansion planned by 2027

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According to sources cited by The Information, China's leading memory-chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has begun producing HBM3E high-bandwidth memory chips in small quantities. The company plans to expand production by 2027, marking a significant step for China's domestic AI hardware capabilities.

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    Sources: CXMT has begun producing HBM3E memory chips in small quantities and plans to expand production in 2027, a major advance for China's chip industry (The Information)

    The Information : Sources: CXMT has begun producing HBM3E memory chips in small quantities and plans to expand production in 2027, a major advance for China's chip industry — China's leading memory-chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies, has begun producing advanced high-bandwidth memory in small quantities …

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