For the first time, Apple could purchase flash memory chips for iPhones from Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., a Hubei-based Chinese chipmaker. The disruption to supply chains for iPhone storage chips has pushed the tech giant to diversify the storage chips’ supply chain. Currently, two Japanese chip manufacturers supply iPhone storage chips to Apple: Kioxia and Western Digital. Recently, both manufacturers had to reduce production at their plants because of an undisclosed contamination issue. Apple could face backlash from U.S. lawmakers for partnering with a new Chinese company Bloomberg reports that the tech giant has begun testing Yangtze’s NAND flash memory...