Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for 'below average for an SSD in an office laptop' in review

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Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for 'below average for an SSD in an office laptop' in review
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Lenovo has seemingly begun using YMTC SSDs in some of its laptop models, allowing the Chinese storage chip company to gain a foothold in the U.S. This is despite its inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List and its branding by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company.

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