apple, huawei both using 7nm tsmc processors, beating out qualcomm and samsung

Huawei may be the producer to use processors made using 7-nanometer process, following Apple's use of A12 chip in iPhone XS, with Kirin 980 processor thought to be using the production process as Apple... In investor note received by AppleInsider anticipating the launch of four new models by Huawei later this month, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo writes some of the arrivals will adopt Kirin 980, processor designed by Huawei. According to Kuo, the processor will be produced by TSMC, the same chip company that manufactures Apple's A-series processors and other chips, and will take advantage of the firm's existing 7-nanometer process.. The use of the processors also applies pressure to the rest of the industry, or larger, and it may take some time for other producers to catch up.. Kirin 980 uses Cortex-A76 and Mali-G76 GPU, with both boasting performance and efficiency improvements compared to their predecessors. Qualcomm and MediaTek, two major chip producers, September to have postponed their own 7-nanometer chip launches until 2019, while UMC is thought to have shifted its investment into mature and speciality process nodes, and Globalfoundries has put its own FinFET on indefinite hold.. While move to 7-nanometer process offers speed boosts and efficiency savings, two elements that are extremely attractive for device vendors, the capital expenditures needed to shift below the barrier are quite prohibitive. Mate Porsche and Mate Pro, both using Kirin 980, will boast implementation on the rear using 40-megapixel, 20-megapixel, and 8-megapixel sensors, and will feature optical-based fingerprint recognition system that works through the display glass, rather than relying on separate designated area. Mate 20, also using Kirin 980 and having tri-camera setup, will use rear-based fingerprint reader.. The device, Mate Max, will instead use Qualcomm Snapdragon 636, have reader on the back, and more typical camera system... Read more

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