How Huawei bypassed the ban
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Tuesday, 06 February 2024 10:59

How Huawei bypassed the ban


The cunning plan involved slashing Kirin production

Huawei stunned the world when it brought out the Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro last year. Despite US bans that stop the company from getting top chips, including 5G modems, the phone's China-made Kirin 9000s SoC gave 5G and satellite network links.

Honor 30S announced with Kirin 820 5G SoC
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Has quad- main rear camera, lacks Google Mobile Services

Just a week after Huawei unveiled its full P40 series, Honor has decided to announce another smartphone in the Honor 30 series, the Honor 30S, featuring a 6.5-inch FHD+ display, premium design, and Huawei's own Kirin 820 5G SoC.

Honor 30 to also come with new Kirin 990 SoC
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Monday, 09 September 2019 15:45

Honor 30 to also come with new Kirin 990 SoC


With support for 5G as well

It appears that Honor 30 will also come with Huawei's new Kirin 990 SoC, at least according to the latest leak.

Late 2019, early 2020 high-end mobile chips will be 7nm
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Huawei, Qualcomm, Apple

TSMC has announced that it is doing a test production of  5nm EUV chips, but real production starts in 2020. A long-term investigation leads us to believe that most chips launching in the latter part of this year or early next year will, unlike the UK, remain on 7nm.

Honor launches latest phone at Paris bash
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Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:17

Honor launches latest phone at Paris bash


Battle of the notch continues

At a glitzy presentation at the Salle Pleyel, a concert hall within spitting distance of the Arc de Triomphe, the CEO of Honor, George Zhao, unveiled the company's latest smartphone.

Huawei shows off 7nm Kirin 980 SoC
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Friday, 31 August 2018 16:35

Huawei shows off 7nm Kirin 980 SoC


Octa-core SoC with dual NPUs

Huawei is obviously going after its competition with its latest Kirin 980 SoC, which is all about being the world's first SoC in many categories, including the first made on TSMC's 7nm, the first with Cortex-A76 cores, dual NPUs, and plenty of other things too.

Huawei to launch 5G  by June 2019
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Tuesday, 03 July 2018 14:36

Huawei to launch 5G by June 2019


Definitely won’t be the first

Everyone is rushing to be the leader in 5G and Huawei made an announcement that the company is planning to introduce 5G chips in March 2019 and ship the phone solution a quarter later. The company officially confirmed these plans.

Non 5G Kirin 980 is Cortex A75 in 7nm
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Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:13

Non 5G Kirin 980 is Cortex A75 in 7nm


5G Focus on AI 

Huawei has its Kirin chips for its phones and later this year it plans to launch its first 7nm TSMC based Kirin 980.

Snapdragon 845 and Kirin 970 detailed
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Wednesday, 24 May 2017 22:34

Snapdragon 845 and Kirin 970 detailed


10nm LPE with Snapdragon X20 1.2Gb modem

There is more information about the upcoming Snapdragon 845 as well as the Huawei Kirin 970 and we wanted to share it with you. 

Xiaomi Pinecone SoC is called Surge S1
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Saturday, 04 March 2017 16:46

Xiaomi Pinecone SoC is called Surge S1


Mainstreamish

After years of whispers, Xiaomi finally announced its processor codenamed Pinecone and decided to call it the Surge S1. After Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi also goes for an in-house processor, but it is positioning itself it to the mainstream market. The first phone to get it is the Xiaomi 5c.