Posted 10/12/2023, 2:04:11 AM
Tipster: Huawei's Mate 60 Pro Uses Older Kirin 9000 Chips, Not Newer SMIC 7nm Chips
- Tipster claims Kirin 9000s in Mate 60 Pro is actually 2020's Kirin 9000 made by TSMC on 5nm, not SMIC's 7nm
- Evidence includes Kirin 9000s chip date stamp from 2020 and higher yields than SMIC could achieve
- Huawei may have stockpiled up to 142 million Kirin 9000 chips before US sanctions kicked in
- SMIC unlikely to make advanced 7nm chips without key EUV lithography equipment restricted by US
- Analysis questions how Huawei could target 40M Mate 60 Pro sales with SMIC's low 7nm yields
