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Huawei: mass production of Kirin 985 will begin in autumn 2019

By Linky Cheng 2019-05-28 280 0

The rumors from last month have come true. Press representatives in Tawain have now confirmed that the Huawei Mate 30 will be the first smartphone with a chipset based on the EUV process. In addition, Huaweis chip manufacturer HiSilicon will implement a 5G modem in all chips, so all future Huawei flagships will be 5G compatible. The new processor will be manufactured using FC-PoP (FlipChip Package-on-Package) technology. This enables vertical stacking of transistors. In combination with the Extreme Ultra Violet Process (EUV) mentioned above, the density of the transistors is increased by 20%, resulting in better chip performance and lower energy consumption.

Production will start in the third quarter of 2019 so that Huawei can launch new smartphones in October. Then nothing should stand in the way of a market launch of new Mate models with 5G chips in the autumn and probably also of other Huawei brands such as the Honor models. According to industry sources, Huawei is also taking an aggressive stance against the next-generation Apple A13 processor and is therefore also trying to implement the Fan-Out Package (InFO), which can be used to increase the number of contacts without increasing the die size.