UPDATE: Huawei has confirmed an event for the new Kirin 990 on September 6 at IFA, Berlin.
Last week, Neowin had reported that the upcoming Mate X will feature the new Kirin 990 processor. This essentially revealed the naming of the new processor. And today, Yanming Wang, president of Huawei CEE, Northern Europe, and Canada, confirmed to Techradar that the new flagship-grade processor from Huawei is indeed called as the Kirin 990.
Yanming also confirmed that the Kirin 990 will be built on a 7nm process and will be more power-efficient than its predecessor. He adds that the new chipset will power flagship smartphones from the brand in 2020 and comes with support for all mainstream 5G bands. However, he failed to confirm whether the chip will support mmWave frequencies that are currently being used in the US. We’ll know soon as the chip is said to launch at IFA 2019 in Germany early next month.
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It is also confirmed that the Huawei Mate X will feature this new processor and will come soon. However, according to earlier reports, the phone was said to be delayed to November instead of the earlier predicted September release. So it remains to be seen when the new foldable will actually make it to the market.
Another question that Yanming failed to answer was whether Honor’s 5G smartphone will feature the Kirin 990. There have been reports that MediaTek is working to strike a deal with Huawei for its cheaper 5G phone models. Honor could a very good candidate for MediaTek’s 5G chipsets, so some of its cheaper 5G flagships may not feature Kirin 990 after all.
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