Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.

Chinese foundry SMIC may have broken the 5nm process barrier, as evidenced by a new Huawei laptop listed with an advanced chip with 5nm manufacturing tech — a feat previously thought impossible due to U.S sanctions.

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    1 year ago

    Academics use smallest pitch distance to measure resolution. It is a real thing it’s just not measuring the size of the transistors themselves (which would vary by design anyways and also that’s not the only tuing you can microfabricate).