China’s Huawei, SMIC Make Progress With Chips, Report Finds (1)

Huawei Technologies Co. and manufacturing partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. are making advances in chip production technology despite US attempts to limit their progress, according to analysis of a new phone’s components by research firm TechInsights.

The Kirin 9030 processor — part of Huawei’s Mate 80 Pro Max smartphone — was produced using an evolved version of SMIC’s technology, according to a report published Thursday. The component represents “China’s most advanced domestic semiconductor manufacturing to date,” TechInsights said.

The new chip “reveals SMIC has achieved incremental but meaningful scaling beyond its previous generation,” the firm said in the report. ...