Mate 60 Pro mobile phone is said to use chip made in China that was thought impossible without access to restricted western technology
China has produced a 5G smartphone using an advanced silicon chip on a scale of miniaturisation that was thought to be beyond its capabilities due to US-led export restrictions, analysts have said.
Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro is powered by a new Kirin 9000s chip that was made in China by the partly state-owned Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the analysis firm TechInsights said.
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