Bloomberg quoted professional institutions dismantling reports, the latest Huawei's latest quotationThe flagship Mate 60 Pro uses a domestic 7 -nanometer chip made of SMIC.This shows that China has made some progress in the efforts of establishing a domestic chip ecosystem, but its performance is still behind international cutting -edge chips, and productivity needs to be considered.
Bloomberg commissioned the semiconductor industry observation agency Techinsights to dismantle the new machine of Huawei, and reported on Monday (September 4) that disassembly showed that the new Kirin 9000S chip used by Mate 60 Pro usedMade by China ’s top chip manufacturer SMIC, and uses SMIC's most advanced 7 -nanometer chip technology.
Dan Hutcheson, vice chairman of the techinsights, said this is a sign that is quite important for China. It shows that SMIC's technological progress is accelerating, and it seems that 7 nanometer technology has been resolved in 7 nanometer technologyThe problem of output.
However, the Techinsights report also pointed out that there are still many unknown progress in SMIC and Huawei, including whether they can produce the chip in batches or reasonable costs.
Although it has made a breakthrough, there is still a lot of gap between 7 nanometer technology from the latest technology currently used in the smartphone field.American mobile phone giant Apple has used 7 -nanometer chips in the iPhone in 2018, and the latest iPhone 15 series that is about to launch in September is reportedly reported to use TSMC's 3 -nanometer chip.
Although the most advanced level has not reached the most advanced level, the launch of the Huawei Kirin 9000S chip still causes the outside world to question whether the global action that prevents China from obtaining cutting -edge technology in the United States.Huawei was included in the blacklist by the United States in 2019, and was included in the entity list by the United States on September 15, 2020, which could no longer cooperate with TSMC to produce Kirin chips.
In China, the launch of Huawei Mate 60 Pro has detonated the patriotic mood of the people.The first batch of existing machines was sold almost immediately after the launch of August 29. Some Chinese media quoted the supply chain and received news that the model had been added to 15 million to 17 million units. Chinese official media ring Times also posted a document , the successful development of Huawei mobile phones is enough to prove the limit of the US science and technology war on ChinaFor failure.
AfterChinsights report was released, SMIC's stock in Hong Kong has risen nearly 11%on Monday, the largest increase since January 2021, and its stock price in the Shanghai Stock Exchange has also risen by 6%.
However, the birth of the latest Kirin chip has also triggered questioning whether SMIC complies with US sanctions.The United States stipulates that any company that provides American technology to Huawei must be approved by Washington, while SMIC's operations use a large amount of American technology.
Since the release of last week, neither Huawei nor SMINA responds to the requests on the specifications of the mobile phone.Huawei only said that Mate 60 Pro is the most powerful Mate device at present.The US Department of Commerce did not respond to the inquiry about whether SMIC's supply of 7 -nanometer chips violated sanctions.
