US sanctions are not an obstacle. Powerful 5nm Kirin 9006C processor launched in China

Chinese manufacturer Huawei has launched the new 5nm Kirin 9006C SoC despite US sanctions. Gizmochina reports that the Huawei Qingyun L540 laptop is already equipped with this, and this is not the limit.

US sanctions have severely affected the functioning and development of China’s technology sector, especially brands such as Huawei, which generally rely heavily on American components and technology. Thanks to sanctions, Qualcomm’s access to American-made semiconductors was limited. Literally every Chinese company operating in the field of electronics and computers has felt this deficiency. The Kirin 9000S processor was the “first sign”, so to speak. Now Huawei will expand its product range with the launch of SoC Kirin 9006C.

The new processor has eight ARM cores (four A77 and four A55) with a maximum clock speed of 3.13 GHz. While the specifications may not look that impressive, what really stands out is the 5nm process, which is a real success for Huawei despite US sanctions. Kirin 9006C is expected to be produced at SMIC, just like Kirin 9000S.

According to rumors, the flagships of the Huawei P70 series smartphones, which the company plans to announce early next year, will be powered by the new powerful 5nm Kirin chip. In comparison, the latest Mate 60 series smartphones use the 7nm Kirin 9000S chip.

Let’s remember that Huawei managed to create the 7 nm ARM Kirin 9000S processor produced by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) in 2023, despite US sanctions. The chip was discovered in Huawei Mate 60. This smartphone broke sales records in China.

Although the Kirin 9000S was inferior to Qualcomm or MediaTek chips in some respects, it still had good specs considering SMIC’s capabilities.

It was previously reported that American officials saw a threat in Chinese-made CATL batteries and ordered them to be disconnected from the facility located at North Carolina Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune.