The Huawei Mate 40 will get Kirin chipset, but may be the last Kirin-powered flagship

07 August 2020
The company is facing supply issues as the US will block TSMC from producing more chips for Huawei starting in mid-September.

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Lumia 1020-esque design.

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    Anonymous, 08 Aug 2020Exynos are Samsung teach not Chinese first of all and all A... moreARM uses no US tech. That's already been confirmed. It's TSMC and their fabs that uses US tech. Huawei needs to find a fab that uses cutting edge fab processes without any reliance on US tech, which they will find eventually. Bad move strategically for US, short term gain for Trump if he get re-elected on his anti-China platform.

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      AirY, 08 Aug 2020US gov spcly trump doing all things illigly, i thnk its not... moreWhy can't you spell properly?

        Hence Mediatek would be the only way for them to keep going. Huawei could ask them to make a custom-spec'd SoC that suits their need just like they do to Sony for their camera sensors.

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          Zero, 07 Aug 2020Actually they can, since Huawei has ARM licence. The other... moreSamsung are South Korean they’re friend of US.

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            • 08 Aug 2020

            Zero, 07 Aug 2020Actually they can, since Huawei has ARM licence. The other... moreExynos are Samsung teach not Chinese first of all and all ARM technology are based in American technology including media tech.

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              • 08 Aug 2020

              Anonymous, 07 Aug 2020No Snapdragon no buy. Go for Xiaomi.Do all of Xiaomi's worthed/valuable phone use a Snapdragon SOC? First, you need to learn more about a SOC, bruh...

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                • 08 Aug 2020

                AnonD-947580, 07 Aug 2020It won't be a problem - China is huge and has the worl... moreSome Fake Scandinavians shown his True Colour ,
                In the end Justice will prevail

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                  • 08 Aug 2020

                  US gov spcly trump doing all things illigly, i thnk its not all abt privacy and security issue.its more thn that. Huawei cant use mediatek or exynos cz of ARM. It seems world going to see somthng new

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                    • 08 Aug 2020

                    The president of Huawei clearly said, Huawei is not Toshiba that was violently attacked by USA. Toshiba was behind a country that has been suppressed and enlisted by the United States; behind Huawei is the support of a dignified and independent country. We need to build our ecosystem, and build our operating system, our ecological services, our chips, our equipment. System capabilities must be built . For us, sanctions are painful, but at the same time they are a major opportunity, forcing us to upgrade our industry as soon as possible. We only did chip design and did not engage in chip manufacturing.

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                      SpiritWolf, 07 Aug 2020Kirin is the best. Proud P30Pro user. Definitely not. Kirin might be better than Exynos but its not better than Snapdragon yet.

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                        Anonymous, 07 Aug 2020All smartphones Soc are ARM based they can’t.Actually they can, since Huawei has ARM licence.
                        The other issue might come if nVIDIA buys ARM and that would be 100% US based, also it might end Mediatek and Exynos reign since Trump can forbid them to produce it more.

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                          • 07 Aug 2020

                          Huawei better to fabricate Kirin 1000 to 3nm since there’s no more.

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                            Zero, 07 Aug 2020Huawei might use Mediatek while UNISOC gets a new high end ... moreAll smartphones Soc are ARM based they can’t.

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                              Never Huawei is very well established and have created own brand value... Only kirin chips etc may stop

                                Anonymous, 07 Aug 2020No Snapdragon no buy. Go for Xiaomi.Speak for yourself LOL

                                  skimminstones, 07 Aug 2020absolutely hate the cut out designs of modern phonesdo you already own a phone with cutout screen?

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                                    indlvarn, 07 Aug 2020Is this the end of Huawei smartphones?No way. They even outsold Samsung last Q (without Google Services)

                                    The asian market it's too big. It's a matter of time that we see the most popular apps in the AppGallery.


                                      Anonymous, 07 Aug 2020Very doubt it. Huawei is rich enough to manufacture their o... moreand being rich is enough to make good chips? ofc not.
                                      they need new chip suppliers.

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                                        indlvarn, 07 Aug 2020Is this the end of Huawei smartphones?Very doubt it. Huawei is rich enough to manufacture their own chipsets