From Asia Financial, December 13:
The laptop — dubbed the Qingyun L540 — is powered by the Kirin 9006C chip, which uses 5nm process technology, company brochures and the laptop’s web listing shows
A newly launched laptop from Huawei Technologies has fuelled rumours that the Chinese technology giant has defied US sanctions yet again, this time to produce 5nm chips.
The laptop — dubbed the Qingyun L540 — is powered by the Kirin 9006C chip, which uses 5nm process technology, company brochures and the laptop’s web listing shows.
The purported breakthrough, first reported by China’s Kuai Technology, comes on the heels of Huawei’s success in mass producing homegrown 7nm chips, in collaboration with state-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC).
The 7nm chip, which powered Huawei’s Mate 60 smartphone series, was hailed as a win over sanctions imposed by Washington in 2019. Those sanctions drove the world’s once biggest smartphone-maker to near extinction.
The presence of a 7nm chip in the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, confirmed by research firm TechInsights, powered a stunning revival at Huawei, with the firm not only overtaking Apple in China but also pulling the world’s largest smartphone market out of 10 consecutive quarters of falling sales.
A 5nm chip breakthrough would mark a new feat for Huawei, given the firm remains cut off from most companies providing the advanced technology necessary to produce those chips, thanks to US sanctions....
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