Chip war: China’s memory chip giant CXMT issues rare recruitment ad for Japanese branch

China’s leading memory chip manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has issued a rare recruitment announcement for its Japanese branch, shedding light on the subsidiary as the company expands its capacity with the aim of becoming a key player in the global dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) market.

In a recruitment post published on Wednesday in Chinese, English and Japanese, CXMT revealed that its Japanese subsidiary, established in 2020 with offices in Yokohama and Fukuoka, is seeking integrated-circuit design candidates who are set to graduate from universities outside China in 2026.

This marks the first time CXMT has disclosed information about its operations in Japan.

The recruitment initiative comes as CXMT rapidly advances in DRAM production with the hope of challenging the dominance of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology.

An illustration of the research and development building of CXMT’s headquarters in Hefei. Photo: Handout

CXMT’s DRAM production is expected to reach levels comparable to Micron and about half that of SK Hynix by 2025, potentially reshaping the “three-player structure” of the global DRAM market, according to a recent report by South Korean media outlet ChosunBiz, citing research data from Omdia.

Japan was the dominant force in the memory chip industry during the 1980s, holding an 80 per cent share of the global DRAM market in 1987 and housing seven of the world’s top 10 chipmakers.

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