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

    There were professional analysts who said this about the Kirin 9000c and then two weeks later had to eat crow as the chips became available and we’re analyzed by third parties.