Aug 9 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) has been testing memory

chips from China's CXMT across product lines

including iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage

fueled by the AI boom, the Wall Street Journal reported on

Sunday.

Apple ( AAPL ) held early talks with CXMT, which is China's largest

chipmaker by market value, about supplying components with the

goal of using them in some devices sold in China, the report

said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Apple ( AAPL ) and

CXMT did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

Reuters had earlier exclusively reported that CXMT was

considering building a second memory-chip plant in Beijing to

boost production.

Laptop makers HP and Acer have started

using CXMT memory chips in devices sold outside the U.S. to ease

supply shortages, the newspaper said.