CXMT Corp. has sued the US Department of Defense, seeking removal from a blacklist that identified the Chinese chipmaker as supporting China's military, Bloomberg reports. Reuters, as summarized by Techmeme, reports that CXMT is challenging the Pentagon's Chinese military company designation. Reuters identifies the company as ChangXin Memory Technologies and describes it as China's top memory chipmaker. According to the Reuters summary, CXMT says it is not affiliated with the Chinese military and that its chips are not for military use. Bloomberg's summary frames the case as an effort to get off a US blacklist tied to the company's alleged support for the military. The provided reports do not include the court venue, filing text, requested remedies beyond removal from the designation, or any response from the Pentagon. The core fact is therefore limited but clear: CXMT is taking legal action against the Defense Department over a US military-linked designation it disputes. Who benefits: CXMT would benefit if the lawsuit succeeds in removing the designation. The company is also using the filing to publicly dispute the allegation that it is affiliated with China's military. Who's exposed: The Pentagon's designation process is exposed to legal challenge in this case. Companies with China-linked semiconductor supply chains may need to watch how such designations are defended and contested.