When the US government imposed sanctions on Huawei, they expected to “strangle” the company as soon as possible so that it could not manufacture its devices. Why this was done, we will not discuss now, since we are not a political portal and we are not talking only about technologies. At the same time, we cannot help but notice that the pressure on Huawei was supposed to harm an entire branch of the Chinese economy and throw the country out of the telecommunications world for at least many years. In the beginning it turned out badly and Huawei began to actively promote its app store and even achieved something. Now companies have been banned from buying almost all processors in the world. Perhaps this is the end, but at least a new super-flagship this fall will be released according to plan, but what will happen next?
It's interesting to talk about Huawei even after the introduction of sanctions.
When will Huawei Mate 40 come out
We are already used to at least two things in relation to Huawei. Firstly, the Huawei Mate series comes out in September, and secondly, it brings a new chip. Last year it was Kirin 990, before that Kirin 980 and so on.
However, now the Chinese manufacturer is in a very difficult situation and he is literally surrounded by troubles, from which he constantly has to fight back. The company is currently facing numerous US bans. This not only slows down the development of business Huawei, especially outside of China, but also puts it at risk. Many even started talking about the fact that this year the presentation of the new Huawei Mate 40 (and other models of the series) may either very much shift in time or be canceled altogether. That is, this year could leave us without a super-flag from Huawei.
But numerous reports suggest otherwise. They claim the Huawei Mate 40 series will be released on schedule. At the same time, it will work on a 5nm processor and will be released as expected around mid-September.
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How Huawei will buy processors
According to analysts, a lot of chips will be needed by the end of the year Huawei. The company will have an urgent need for mobile chips 5, 7, 16 and 28 nm. The company will also need a chip Bluetooth for the TWS headset developed by HiSilicon. All these chips will be available in sufficient quantities until mid-September. Huawei has already ordered a large number of such chips and all of them will continue to be supplied, despite the introduction of new bans. As a result, they will definitely be enough until September. Among them will be a large batch of chips for the new Huawei Mate 40. This is mentioned separately in the report. Nevertheless, this is still a major obstacle that the company has faced this year and must be overcome.
Information that the new Kirin processor will be built on a 5-nm process technology has been received more than once and there is almost no doubt that the new chip is exactly like Lent.
It should combine Cortex A77 or A78 processor architecture and Mali G77 / G78 GPU. This combination guarantees the very high performance that a smartphone with a 120Hz refresh rate must have.
Although the United States imposed additional sanctions on Huawei in May, there is little doubt that Huawei will release the Mate 40 mobile phone with a 5nm Kirin processor as planned. About 8 million Mate 40 mobile phones will ship in the fourth quarter, the report says.
What will be the new Kirin processor
Information that the new Kirin processor will be built on a 5nm process technology has been received more than once and there is almost no doubt that this will be the new chip.
It should combine a Cortex A77 or A78 processor architecture and a Mali G77 / G78 GPU. This combination guarantees the very high performance that a smartphone with a 120Hz refresh rate must have.
As for the name of the new 5nm Kirin chip, it is not so simple and sometimes different names are mentioned in different sources. Initially, there was a very logical name Kirin 1000, which would be a continuation of the line of Kirin 980 and Kirin 990. But later it was reported that it would be called Kirin 1020. True, no one disputes that the codename of the new item is “Baltimore”.
The new Kirin processor is always a good thing.
As a reminder, the Kirin 990 5G uses the Cortex A76 architecture. This suggests that the Kirin 1000 could use the Cortex A77 / A78 architecture and the Mali G77 / G78 GPU architecture. With this combination, the performance of the processor and graphics chip will be greatly improved. All in all, we'll have to wait a few more months to get the exact architecture of this chip.
What will happen if Huawei can buy or produce chips
The other day we already wrote that ZTE, which at one time was also on the black list (sorry, blocked list) of the United States, is actively developing the technology for producing chips on the 5nm process technology and even investing almost two billion dollars into it. It may so happen that this particular company will cover part of the needs Huawei for new chips. Given that few people still agree to trade with Huawei and choose to have a good relationship with the US, ZTE may even be able to put a high price in order to get as much money as possible from a company that will be willing to pay almost any money for ” Lifebuoy”.
Let me remind you that earlier it was reported that Huawei could have made a deal with Samsung for the supply of chips, but this did not work out due to the too high price. Perhaps Samsung deliberately set a stop price at which Huawei itself will abandon the deal, or simply included in the price all the risks of a possible complication of relations with the United States.