SSD expert shares some worrying truths about Chinese chip makers — and I think this could be more bad news for the…

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  • Nelson Duann is a VP at Silicon Motion, a maker of SSD controllers
  • In an interview, Duann made it clear that the strategy of Chinese memory chip makers is different to foreign suppliers
  • They are obliged by the government to support the local market, and that could be bad news for theories about these chip makers helping to ease the RAM crisis globally

Chinese memory chip makers have been theorized by some as riding to the rescue in the global battle against the RAM crisis, but a new report puts that idea in a more doubtful light.

Tom's Hardware intervieweda VP at Silicon Motion, a maker of SSD controllers, and Nelson Duann told them that: "China has domestic NAND and DRAM makers, and their strategy is not the same as that of foreign memory suppliers. Because they receive government support, they also have a responsibility to help maintain...

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