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Micron says operations normal in China amid government review

Published 04/03/2023, 08:40 PM
Updated 04/04/2023, 01:51 PM
© Reuters. Micron GDDR6X graphics memory solution is pictured in this April 12, 2022 handout image. Micron Technology/Handout via REUTERS
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(This April 3 story has been corrected to fix the amount of Micron's planned investment for New York factory to up to $100 billion instead of $15 billion, in paragraph 4.)

By Stephen Nellis

(Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) on Monday said that its business operations in China are normal while it is cooperating with a Chinese government cybersecurity review of its products.

"Micron's product shipments, engineering, manufacturing, sales and other functions are operating as normal," the company said in a statement.

Last week, the Cyberspace Administration of China said it would conduct a security review of Micron's products sold in the country.

© Reuters. Micron GDDR6X graphics memory solution is pictured in this April 12, 2022 handout image. Micron Technology/Handout via REUTERS

The move comes amid a deepening rift between the United States and China over chip technology that has left companies caught in the crossfire. Micron is the only U.S.-based player in the global market for memory chips and is investing up to $100 billion for a new factory in upstate New York.

Chinese companies have also been working to break into the memory market, but the U.S. last year restricted export of chipmaking tools to the country. In December, U.S. officials added YMTC, China's leading maker of storage chips, to a trade restriction list.

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