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title: "Court rules Chinese chipmaker CXMT stole Samsung's DRAM tech"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/court-rules-chinese-chipmaker-cxmt-stole-samsung-s-dram-tech-a7e2c9
source_name: "Tom's Hardware"
source_url: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/chinas-cmxt-had-an-actual-roadmap-for-its-alleged-industrial-espionage-from-samsung-south-korean-court-says-project-hefei-was-responsible-for-cxmts-current-position-as-major-dram-maker
published: 2026-09-04T10:30:00.000Z
topics: ["chips", "policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# Court rules Chinese chipmaker CXMT stole Samsung's DRAM tech

*2026-09-04 · Source: [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/chinas-cmxt-had-an-actual-roadmap-for-its-alleged-industrial-espionage-from-samsung-south-korean-court-says-project-hefei-was-responsible-for-cxmts-current-position-as-major-dram-maker)*

A South Korean court found that Chinese memory maker CXMT's "Project Hefei" used a stolen 620-step manufacturing recipe from Samsung. The ruling is tied to CXMT's rise to roughly 10% global DRAM market share.

**Why it matters:** This puts a legal finding behind years of suspicion that China's memory industry has caught up partly through IP theft rather than independent R&D, at a moment when DRAM and HBM supply is already tight for AI accelerator makers. It could shape export-control and litigation strategy toward Chinese chipmakers well beyond this one case.

**Topics:** chips, policy

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