Huawei’s New Mystery 7nm Chip from Chinese Fab Defies US Sanctions

Users on Chinese social media are poking fun at the United States government and the (in)effectiveness of its technical sanctions on chipmaking equipment. This is a source of entertainment for these users. The United States Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, has been singled out as a special target due to the fact that her trip to China coincided with the launch of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro. The Huawei Mate 60 Pro is a smartphone that has new cutting-edge Chinese technology and was created entirely by the severely sanctioned Chinese chipmaker SMIC. In its coverage of this topic, Huawei Central observes that Raimondo has been transformed into a brand advocate for Huawei. This tale outlines the challenging several years that Huawei has gone through. The success of Huawei in producing the sanctions-defying Kirin 9000S SoC, which is the power behind the new Huawei Mate 60 Pro, as well as several other technological achievements in related areas is the source of the entertaining memes. It is important to note that a significant portion of this cutting-edge new technology may never have been created or manufactured in China if the United States hadn’t imposed its stringent sanctions. In China, there will be cause for celebration as a result of Huawei’s compelling recovery from the several years of misery caused by sanctions imposed by the United States. The large telecoms and gadgets company went through a difficult period because it was one of the earliest and most US technology-dependent enterprises to have its commercial activities hampered as a result of sanctions imposed by the United States of America and trade restrictions imposed by China. These restrictions initially came into effect in 2018. Up until that point, Huawei had been steadily and confidently making deep inroads into the commercial and consumer industries of the West. 2019 saw the company face a significant uptick in challenges following the blacklisting that occurred the previous year. It was unable to use any American hardware, such as Qualcomm SoCs or modems, and it was unable to use Google’s Android operating system. This was an issue for the company’s smartphone business. As a matter of fact, its proportion of the smartphone market quickly decreased outside of China. Having said that, you are aware that there is a twist in this story. Huawei has accomplished the sort of recovery that nobody would have predicted a few years ago. Like a field that becomes fertile after a violent struggle or a phoenix that rises from the ashes, Huawei has achieved the kind of comeback that nobody would have imagined. It was revealed over the weekend that Huawei’s Kirin 9000S system-on-a-chip (SoC) represents a significant technological advance. It is stated that this so-called 3D stacked advanced packaged chip is packed full of domestic CPU and GPU cores, but we believe that the CPU employs the Armv8a Instruction Set Architecture instead. In addition, the Chinese chipmaker SMIC, which is sanctioned by the United States of America, has been under more pressure than ever before to advance and perfect its semiconductor manufacturing. The production process that SMIC uses is based on modern technology as well, specifically deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography scanners known as Twinscan NXT:2000i. According to what we have heard, SMIC uses these machines in the second generation of their 7nm fabrication process in order to produce the Kirin 9000S. On the other hand, it is believed that the method has low yields, which results in high costs at the present time. In conclusion, governments are obligated to give increased consideration to the possibility of unintended repercussions. Sanctions may have a function in maintaining advantages over competitors, but the nuances of their implementation need to be learned from the revitalization of blacklisted companies like Huawei and SMIC. #Huawei #chipwar #lineflux