[7][8] In 2018, CEO Zhu Yiming was reported to have visited ASML to discuss the purchase of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

At the time, analysts claimed that patent and IP issues would present a barrier to its competing with major manufacturers.

[10] In December 2019, in an interview with EE Times, the company stated its first fab was in production and producing 20,000 wafers per month, making 8GB LPDDR4 and DDR4 DRAM at 19 nm.

[12] In 2022, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 banned the U.S. federal government from buying or using chips from CXMT.

[13] In March 2024, Bloomberg News reported that the United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security was weighing sanctions on CXMT.