Huawei Strikes Again with 5nm Kirin SoC Chip Made By SMIC

Last August, Huawei shook up the tech world with the launch of the Mate 60 series, featuring the groundbreaking Kirin 9000s SoC—a 5G chipset crafted by China's leading foundry, SMIC, using its cutting-edge 7nm process node. This marked Huawei's return to 5G chipsets since the release of the Mate 40 series in 2020, amidst U.S. export restrictions on advanced silicon shipments to Huawei.

Now, the spotlight shifts once again as reports surface about Huawei's development of a new flagship Kirin chip, reportedly to be manufactured by SMIC. Prolific leaker Digital Chat Station has ignited speculation on Weibo, hinting at a Kirin chip potentially utilizing a 5nm process node—an advancement that could raise eyebrows among U.S. officials given SMIC's limitations in lithography technology.

But the intrigue doesn't end there. Huawei is said to be enhancing its Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for AI tasks and exploring the transition to a 64-bit structure for future Kirin chips. Rumored to bear the name Kirin 9010, this upcoming AP is rumored to boast Huawei's Balong 6000 modem, promising seamless connectivity.

Geekbench 6 leaks shed light on the chip's prowess, with a reported single-core score of 1800 and a multi-core score of 4800. Equipped with the Maleoon 920 GPU and the latest dual-core Ascend NPU configuration, this new Kirin chip hints at groundbreaking performance and efficiency.

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