Kirin 990 to be built on TSMC 7nm process
Huawei introduced the Kirin 980 chipset with AI features, and 1.4 Gbps download speeds in September. The platform made its way to the Mate 20 series and is likely to appear in the next-gen Huawei P flagships. Although the SoC is still new, the Chinese company is already working on the follow-up, and according to industry sources, preparations for Kirin 990 has already begun.
Reports from China claim TSMC will build the chipset on the 7nm processor. Industry insiders claim the subsidiary manufacturer HiSilicon has invested around CNY200 million in research and development, which translates to over $28 million/€25 million.
The Kirin 980 was the first chipset built on the 7nm process with the first Cortex-A76 cores. While Kirin 990 will have a similar architecture, including the number of transistors and power consumption rates, it will have something to be advertised as a first - the Balong 5000 modem, certified for 5G speeds. Production should begin in the first quarter of 2019 and that’s when we expect more detailed info to emerge.
Source (in Chinese)
-
HiSilicon Kirin 980 is the world's first 7nm chipset, 37% faster than its predecessor
-
Huawei explains why it doesn't supply other manufacturers with its Kirin SoCs
-
Huawei claims the Kirin 980 is faster than Apple’s A12 Bionic
-
Die shot of Kirin 980 shows off the chip's floor plan, two different Cortex-A76 designs
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- IbE
Mali G71 got mp20 cores maximus and G72 got mp18 cores maximus. On Mali G76 I have no idea of what is the maximus cores it can have, but Huawei always goes for less cores in their gpu.
Tip us
881k
144k 87k
514k
RSS
Log in I forgot my password Sign up