Huawei Is Yet To Jump To SMIC’s 5nm Process, As The Kirin X90 Is Produced On The Older 7nm Node, Highlighting The Challenges Of Developing Advanced In-House Silicon With Older Equipment

The pitfalls of relying on older DUV equipment for companies like Huawei are that it is exceptionally difficult to commence mass production of chipsets on the 5nm lithography and below without running into a bevy of challenges. With SMIC and the former Chinese giant now placed on Taiwan’s export control list, importing newer equipment without a valid license just got a whole lot difficult. Huawei has so far managed to rely on its local supply chain, with its Kirin X90, the company’s newest SoC, found in the MateBook Fold, but it has been found that the chipset continues to rely […]

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