Chipsets are a difficult part to talk about when discussing Huawei. This is because the US prohibits foundries from using American-made technology to make chips to send them to the Chinese manufacturer. And what makes it so urgent this year is that Apple and Huawei are the first to bring chips made with the 5nm process node to their products. Simply put, the lower the number of the process node, the higher the number of transistors that fit within a square mm. This usually means that there are more transistors in the component that provide better performance, along with more energy efficiency.
Twitter tipster says Huawei will name a 3nm Kirin chipset the 9010
As an example, Apple’s A13 Bionic chipset, used in the 2019 iPhone 11 series, was manufactured by TSMC using its 7nm process knot. The transistor density is 90 million transistors per square mm and these SoCs each contain 8.5 billion transistors. This year’s A14 Bionic, found inside the iPhone 12 series, uses the 5nm process node and is filled with 134 million transistors per square mm or a total of 11.8 billion transistors in each chip. Huawei, which was hit hard by the new US export rules, was TSMC’s second largest customer after that Apple until the ban went into effect. This year, Huawei was able to deliver the Kirin 9000 before the ban began and the components are used on the company’s new flagship Mate 40 line. They are also earmarked for the sequel to the foldable Huawei Mate X (possibly called the Mate X2) and for 5G base stations that work with the outfit’s 5G network equipment.
The current 5 nm Kirin 9000 will be replaced by the next generation 3 nm Kirin 9010, says Twitter tipster
Despite the US Department of Commerce’s export rules, which have led many analysts to believe that Huawei’s Kirin line will no longer be after the Mate 40 series and the Kirin 9000, some of those who ‘know’ say that next year’s P50 series will also be powered by the Kirin 9000. And today,
A Twitter tipster getting Teme (@ RODENT950) at the helm spread a short tweet that may be short but not meaningful. The next generation Kirin chip, he says, will be the 3nm Kirin 9010. How this can be achieved is not explained, although some analysts believe that the elected US president, Joe Biden, may not punish Huawei as severely as Donald Trump did during his one term as president. Biden takes office on January 20th.
Apart from the fact that Huawei could not receive chips, which he designed himself (manufactured by TSMC), the Trump administration last year called the manufacturer of telephone and network equipment a threat to US national security and put it on the Unity List placed to withhold it to obtain parts manufactured by US firms. The move also prevented Google from doing business with the Chinese manufacturer, which could dampen sales of international models. But in China, most of Google’s Android apps are banned anyway. However, the move forced Huawei to develop its own ecosystem, which was apparently well received by users.
Back in 2016, Huawei’s head of consumer products, Richard Yu, set an ambitious goal. By 2021, the executive said it would succeed Samsung in becoming the world’s largest smartphone maker. Earlier this year, Huawei briefly took first place in the first quarter. As the US continued to make life difficult for the firm, Huawei was forced to sell its sales Trademark for a reported $ 15 billion. Responsible for 26% of Huawei’s phone sales last quarter, or about 13.4 million units, the end result is that Huawei will fall behind by a larger margin. Honor becomes the eighth largest phone manufacturer worldwide ahead of such well-known companies as LG and Motorola.
