Last year, Huawei announced the Kirin 990 5G chipset in September. The company has used the chipset to power many of its flagship phones such as Huawei Mate 30 series, Huawei P40 series, Honor 30 series, and more. Rumors have it that the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 will be driven by the all-new Kirin 1000 chipset. A reliable tipster from China has claimed that the Kirin 1000 5G will break cover on Sept. 5.

The Sept. 5 date that the leakster has claimed coincides with the upcoming IFA 2020 tech trade show that will be held between Sept. 3 and Sept. 5. Hence, it appears that the Chinese manufacturer will possibly unleash the Kirin 1000 5G chipset at the IFA 2020 event.

The Kirin 1000 will be Huawei’s weapon to rival with upcoming chipsets from rival brands such as A4 chip from Apple, Qualcomm’s next chipset that could be called Snapdragon 875, and the Samsung’s forthcoming flagship chip. The leak by the tipster suggests that Huawei will produce 15 million units of the Kirin 1000 SoC.

It seems that there is no worry with the Mate 40 series when it comes to Kirin1000 processors, latest report said that there is 15milj units.

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) August 6, 2020

September 5

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) August 6, 2020

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It was reported in June that the Huawei Mate 40 series debuting in October could be the first Kirin 1000 powered chipset. The Kirin 1000 is expected to debut as the world’s first 5nm chipset for mobile devices. The leakster had previously claimed that the SoC is manufactured by TSMC.

Rumors are rife that the 5G chipset is equipped with ARM Cortex-A78 CPU cores. The chip area of the Kirin 1000 is said to 113.31 sq. mm and is said to have 171.3 million transistors per mm.

Coming back to the Mate 40 series, rumors have it that the Mate 40 series may not be equipped with Kirin chipset outside China. It is being said that the Mate 40 models in global markets may feature MediaTek’s flagship chipset.

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Huawei is expected to announce the Mate 40 series in September or October. The series will include a standard model called the Mate 40 and an advanced model named Huawei Mate 40 Pro. The latter is most likely to sport a waterfall curved edge display. The standard models in the Mate series that have launched in the past have always featured flat displays. A fresh leak reveals that the Huawei Mate 40 will be also flaunting a curved edge display.

A Chinese tipster has shared an image of the screen protector designed for the Huawei Mate 40. The image shows that it is curved towards the left and right edges. According to another tipster, the display of the Mate 40 will not as curvy as the waterfall display. Its curved screen will be like the Honor 30 Pro that came with a dual punch-hole 6.57-inch OLED panel.

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The exact size of the Mate 40’s display is not known. However, it is likely to sport an OLED panel with an under-display fingerprint sensor. Rumors have it that it may carry support for the 90Hz refresh rate. The upcoming Mate 40 and Mate 40 pro could be fueled by 5nm Kirin 1000 (or Kirin 1020) chipset.

The Huawei Mate 40 series is said to be equipped with a 108-megapixel main camera that could be apart of the 9P FreeForm camera module. The 3D face recognition feature could be exclusively available on the Mate 40 Pro. The upgraded biometric recognition feature may allow users to authenticate payments.

There are rumors that Huawei may introduce Huawei MateStation dock for the Mate 40 series. The Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro may arrive with support for 66W fast charging.

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Last year, Huawei was faced with an enormous task of finding a replacement for Google Apps. Its solution was to develop Huawei Mobile Services and investing in its AppGallery app store. But next year, Huawei will face an even bigger challenge – chipsets. With TSMC barred from manufacturing chips for Huawei’s chip subsidiary – Hisilicon, the company will be forced to look for alternatives very soon.

According to an industry insider on Weibo, Huawei’s flagship smartphones in 2021 could be powered by a 5nm chip from a third party vendor. The insider didn’t expand on his comment but the most likely contender for Huawei’s chip supply should be none other than MediaTek.

This comment by the insider is a bit confusing especially if you have been reading reports about the 5nm Kirin 1000 or 1020 that’s all set to launch this year. But here, he’s talking about 5nm chips for Huawei’s 2021 flagships and not the upcoming Mate 40.

TSMC Can Still Supply Chips To Huawei Until September 2020

In May 2020, the Trump administration added a new rule which barred overseas companies from supplying components to Huawei if it was made using US technology. Given how US equipment plays an important role in manufacturing semiconductor chips, this technically bars TSMC, SMIC, and even Samsung from manufacturing chips for Huawei. However, the US has granted a grace period of 120-days before the rule takes into effect. So TSMC can continue supplying chips to Hisilicon until September 15, 2020.

There was also a recent report which said that Huawei has placed an urgent order with the TSMC for 5nm chips. This means Huawei’s upcoming Kirin 1000 or 1020 (name is yet to be confirmed) 5nm chipset can still be manufactured by TSMC and released on schedule.

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But What About Huawei’s 2021 flagships?

Unless the US government extends the grace period after September, TSMC, or for that matter even the Chinese SMIC cannot manufacture chips for Hisilicon. This would leave Huawei with very limited options. An alternative could be to procure 5nm chips from a third-party vendor so that Huawei’s flagships next year are competitive, even without its own Hisilicon chips.

Since Qualcomm is a US company, it’s not a viable alternative. This leaves either MediaTek or even Samsung as the potential vendor of next-generation 5nm chips for Huawei.

But it remains to be seen if Samsung or MediaTek can legally sell its own chips to Huawei that’s manufactured using US technology. There are reports which say TSMC and Samsung are looking at setting up production lines without US equipment but we haven’t heard anything concrete yet.

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The Huawei Mate 40 series arriving in the second half of the year is said to be powered by a new flagship chipset. Early rumors had dubbed it as Kirin 1020, but recent reports have claimed that it could be arriving as Kirin 1000. It was reported in the previous month that the latest sanctions by the U.S. Commerce Department will not affect orders that have been already placed by Huawei. Hence, the 5nm Kirin chipset that is rumored to power the Mate 40 is said to be on its track. Fresh information shared by an industry expert from China states that the Kirin 1000 powered Mate 40 series will debut in October.

Last year, Huawei launched the Kirin 990 5G chipset in September, and it announced the Mate 30 series later in the same month. According to the tipster, the Huawei Mate 40 is scheduled to go official in October featuring the all-new 5nm flagship chip. The tipster added that the company is expected to ship around 8 million Mate 40 units by the last quarter of this year.

Rumors surrounding the Kirin 1000 have revealed that it has a “Baltimore” codename. The 5nm SoC is being built by TSMC. It could be equipped with a Cortex-A78 CPU. The SoC may go official in September.

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International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had revealed in April that the Mate 40 will be equipped with free-form lens design. Huawei will patent the design to ensure that it remains available exclusively on its devices. There is no word on the specifications of the Mate 40 series.

The Chinese manufacturer is reportedly working on the Huawei P50 series that is likely to go official in Q1 in the coming year. The P50 and P50 Pro could be also driven by the 5nm Kirin 1000 SoC. The camera-centric P50 series is expected to set a new DxOMark record.

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Huawei‘s upcoming flagship in the Mate series is expected to launch around September 2020. The device will sport top notch specs and was expected to feature HiSilicon Kirin 1020 SoC. However, a new rumor has suggested that the smartphone will feature a different chip, dubbed Kirin 1000 SoC, which is based on a 5nm fabrication process.

Mate 40 series use 5nm K1000 soc manufactured by TSMC.
Samsung also started to build 5nm production lines.

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) May 23, 2020

The rumor arrives through a known leakster (@RODENT950) that revealed this information on Twitter. In the tweet, he stated that the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 Pro will house the Kirin 1000 SoC, which will be manufactured by TSMC. It will be built on a 5nm process and the naming is in line with its current generation of high end 5G chips, namely the Kirin 990 processor.

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Interestingly, this rumor arrives after the Chinese tech giant had its chip supply cut off from TSMC by the US government. Although, it may be possible that Huawei had already placed an order for the 5nm chips before the new sanctions were put in place. So while the company might be able to source the new chips from the world’s largest contract chipmaker this year, the future remains a bit uncertain thereafter.

Unfortunately, finer details regarding the flagship chipset are currently unknown. The Kirin 1000 SoC was rumored to feature Cortex-A78 cores, but that has yet to be confirmed. We’ll provide more updates as additional information is uncovered, so stay tuned.

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Huawei Kirin 990 5G is the current flagship chipset in the market which is powering the high-end smartphones coming from Huawei and Honor. Now, the company is working on its successor and some key details about the upcoming chipsets have surfaced online.

A new leak from the investment plan of TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) confirms that the upcoming flagship chipset from Huawei is named Kirin 1000. It is also revealed that the chipset will be manufactured by TSMC using its 5nm process.

It is said that this flagship processor will be powering the Huawei Mate 40 series of smartphones which are set to get launched in the second half of this year. While the exact launch date is not yet known, the phones are expected to go official in September.

Further, it has also been leaked that the next year’s flagship chipset is named Kirin 1100 and is expected to be based on 5NM+ technology, which is an improved version of the 5NM. There’s no certainty about the launch plans for Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 1100 but it should be launched along with Mate 50 series next year.

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The Huawei Kirin 1000 will feature ARM Cortex-A77 cores instead of the Cortex-A76 cores present in the Kirin 990. The A77 brings a 20 percent improvement in performance and with the switch to a smaller node size, that improvement in performance should be higher. The company had began trial production of this processor last year.

Last month, the Chinese giant launched Huawei Kirin 985 chipset which is positioned between the flagship Kirin 990 and mid-range Kirin 820 chipset, and will be aimed at device priced under 3000 Yuan.

It comes with an integrated 5G modem alongside the new Mali-G77 GPU. It has dual-core NPU which has been specifically designed for improvements on “processing power, communication capabilities, thermal and structural design.” The processor has reportedly crossed the 380,000 mark on AnTuTu benchmark ratings.

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Huawei’s latest processors are the Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G. At the moment, they can be only found inside the Mate 30 and the Mate 30 Pro and their 5G versions. The processors will power Huawei and Honor flagship phones for the next year or thereabout before a new flagship SoC will be released. According to new reports, that SoC is already under development and it will be called the Kirin 1000!

According to Huawei Central, the Kirin 1000 will be built on the 5nm process based on info from industry sources. The sources also informed them that the processor will be announced in H2 2019 and first appear in the Huawei Mate 40 series.

The Kirin 1000 will feature the Cortex-A77 cores Arm announced earlier this year and which was expected to be present in the Kirin 990 instead of the Cortex-A76 cores it uses. The A77 brings a 20% improvement in performance and with the switch to a smaller node size, that improvement in performance should be higher.

There are still a lot of unknown details about the processor but that isn’t surprising since there is still about 10 months of waiting before it is announced.

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