Startling claims about Huawei's popular chipset

Huawei's Kirin 9000s chip has been the center of ongoing controversies and rampant speculation, further fueled by the absence of official clarity. Recent revelations from a research firm alleged that the chip, previously understood to be manufactured by SMIC using a 7nm process, was actually developed based on a 14nm node and adjusted to approximate 7nm performance. This unexpected disclosure took many by surprise. To thicken the plot, a recent source suggests that the Kirin 9000s might actually be a 5nm TSMC-made Kirin 9000 chip dating back three years.

The source, RGcloudS, boldly states that Huawei "successfully pranked the whole world." The claim rests on the assertion that the Kirin 9000s isn't a 7nm SMIC-made chipset but rather originates from TSMC's 5nm process. Substantiating this, RGcloudS shared a revealing image from a Mate 60 Pro teardown. The picture displays the Kirin 9000s bearing a date stamp of "2035", which signifies its manufacturing period as the 35th week of 2020, specifically between August 24th and August 30th of that year.

Startling claims about Huawei's popular chipset

Diving deeper into the backdrop, the constraints imposed by the US on Huawei play a pivotal role. The narrative suggests that Huawei might have foreseen the looming trade embargo and consequently stockpiled vast quantities of Kirin 9000E and 9000 chips. A pivotal move, especially considering the US's revised export regulations. These updated rules prohibit foundries utilizing US technology from supplying state-of-the-art chips to Huawei without proper authorization. This has driven the recent flagship Huawei models to rely solely on 4G chipsets, given that 5G technology is predominantly patented by US entities.

Speculation around the Kirin 9000s chip continues to grow. There are also murmurs of Huawei preparing to unveil another Kirin chip as the year draws to a close.

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