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Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars more than 500% on debut
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT raised $9.8bn in the world's largest tech IPO and debuted at a $540bn valuation, becoming mainland China's most valuable company. The listing signals Beijing's push for domestic chip self-sufficiency in AI infrastructure amid a global DRAM shortage that has made memory chips a critical commodity.
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You've just watched a $10bn capital raise go to a memory chipmaker that's trying to take your supplier's market share. If you build anything that needs DRAM at scale—servers, storage, data centre gear—you now have a second source with Beijing's backing and nine years of production experience; your current supplier's pricing just got contested.
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