News Huawei sticks to 7nm for latest processor as China's chip advancements stall

[Admin]

Huawei reportedly decided not to use its 5nm and 6nm process technologies for its latest smartphone processor.

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[Royk123]

I hate to say this but necessity breeds innovation

 

[phead128]

What's the benchmark of the new chip? Process node isn't end all be all, there is still other ways to optimize the design to squeeze more performance.

 

[pug_s]

Huawei can probably improve yields if they separate the 5g modem chip off from the main cpu soc. All of the apple phones are like this.

 

[IBM296]

I hate to say this but necessity breeds innovation

Yup... I think by 2030 some company in China will have made an EUV machine, enabling Huawei to go directly to 3nm and 2nm.

 

[thth]

What's the benchmark of the new chip? Process node isn't end all be all, there is still other ways to optimize the design to squeeze more performance.

Benchmarks easily beat Samsung 4nm chips like Google Tensor G4 and is similar to Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, which is TSMC 4nm

 

[bit_user]

Benchmarks easily beat Samsung 4nm chips like Google Tensor G4 and is similar to Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, which is TSMC 4nm

Which benchmarks?

Google doesn't pack much graphics horsepower in their Tensor G SoCs. They also claim the G4 was optimized for efficiency, which is backed up by the fact that it has only one X4 core, three A720's, and four A520's. More importantly, it has lower peak clock speeds than its competitors. So, I think it shouldn't actually be that hard to beat the G4 on raw performance, especially if you just pack more P-cores and clock them higher.

By comparison, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 has 2-year older X2 + A710 + A510 cores, but clocks them higher (up to 3.2 GHz). Again, probably not hard to beat, if you're packing like four X1 + four A78 cores and running at clock speeds in the same ballpark.