Huawei’s Kirin 9030 processor shows China’s chip progress despite US export curbs: report

Huawei Technologies’ latest Mate 80 series smartphones are powered by an upgraded in-house chip after its foundry partner made improvements to the 7-nanometre node process despite US export restrictions on advanced technology, according to a new report. The Kirin 9030, the processor behind Huawei’s Mate 80 Pro Max, was manufactured by China’s top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) using the N+3 process, which is a “scaled evolution” of the chipmaker’s previous 7-nm...