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China’s CXMT posts first-half profit after revenue surge

By Thomson Reuters Aug 28, 2026 | 8:40 AM

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) – CXMT, China’s largest chipmaker by market value, posted a sharp turnaround to profit in ​the first half on Friday ‌in its first earnings release since listing, buoyed by surging prices and sales of its memory products amid rising global demand for computing ‌power.

• ​First-half revenue soared 873.64% ⁠from a year ago ⁠to 150.3 billion yuan ($22.36 billion).

• Net profit totalled 77.6 billion yuan, compared to a loss of 2.3 billion yuan ​in 2025.

• CXMT sees the global shortage of DRAM products persisting in ⁠the second half of ⁠2026.

• The company also flagged ​risks from escalating global trade tensions, warning ​that further restrictions imposed by relevant ‌countries could destabilise its supply chain and adversely affect production and business operations.

• CXMT said in the filing that it has ⁠shipped samples of its LPDDR6 DRAM chips to customers.

• The chip has a peak data ⁠transfer speed ‌of 12,800 megabits per second (Mbps) ⁠and a maximum capacity of ​16 ‌gigabytes (GB), the company said.

• The ​Hefei-based firm ⁠said the chip will be used on mobile devices, servers and smart cars.

($1 = 6.7208 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Ethan Wang, Pan Che and Liz Lee; Editing by ​Louise Heavens)