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Teardown finds SMIC-made 7nm Kirin 9000s chip in Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro

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Source: Malay Mail (Reuters)Also reported by BusinessDay (Bloomberg)

Huawei began selling the Mate 60 Pro in late August 2023, during a visit to China by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. A TechInsights teardown reported on 4 and 5 September found its Kirin 9000s processor was made by SMIC on its most advanced 7nm process, despite US limits on Huawei’s access to chipmaking tools since 2019.

Why it matters

The teardown showed SMIC making 7nm chips in China under US tool restrictions, which an analyst called a “slap in the face” to the US.

When
4 Sep 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0086
Who
Huawei, SMIC, TechInsights

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Malay Mail (Reuters) and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Malay Mail (Reuters)

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Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextTaiwan adds Huawei and SMIC to its export control entity list

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WTA-N-2023-0086: “Teardown finds SMIC-made 7nm Kirin 9000s chip in Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro.” wheresthe.ai, 4 Sep 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-huawei-mate-60-pro-smic-7nm-2023-09/ (source: Malay Mail (Reuters)).

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