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title: "Court: China's CXMT used stolen Samsung DRAM technology"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/court-china-s-cxmt-used-stolen-samsung-dram-technology-698681
source_name: "Tom's Hardware"
source_url: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/cxmt-planned-to-use-stolen-samsung-ip-to-develop-its-dram-court-hears-former-samsung-engineer-who-jumped-to-chinese-memory-maker-now-behind-bars
published: 2026-08-20T15:37:14.000Z
topics: ["chips", "policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Court: China's CXMT used stolen Samsung DRAM technology

*2026-08-20 · Source: [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/cxmt-planned-to-use-stolen-samsung-ip-to-develop-its-dram-court-hears-former-samsung-engineer-who-jumped-to-chinese-memory-maker-now-behind-bars)*

A South Korean court case found that a former Samsung engineer stole process technology for the company's 18-nanometer dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) manufacturing and sold it to Chinese memory maker CXMT. The engineer is reportedly now in custody.

**Why it matters:** DRAM is a frequent bottleneck in AI server and GPU supply chains, and this case is a concrete data point in the broader race between South Korea, Taiwan, and China over memory technology as Chinese manufacturers try to close the gap and reduce reliance on foreign chip suppliers for AI infrastructure.

**Topics:** chips, policy

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