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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Warren Murray and agencies

China dodges western 5G chip embargo with new Huawei Mate 60 phone

A screen advertises the new Mate 60 smartphone on a Huawei store in Shanghai
A screen advertises the new Mate 60 5G smartphone on a Huawei store in Shanghai. China was thought to be unable to produce the 7nm chips it uses. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA

China has produced a 5G smartphone using an advanced silicon chip on a scale of miniaturisation that was thought beyond its capabilities due to US-led export restrictions, analysts have said.

Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro is powered by a new Kirin 9000s chip that was made in China by the partly state-owned Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the analysis firm TechInsights said.

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