The launch of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro, featuring the 7nm 5G-enabled Kirin 9000S chipset, has surely raised alarms in America, considering just last year, China’s SMIC was light years behind the competition. Now, in a recent development, SMIC has reportedly (via Phone Arena) placed big orders for the raw materials of the Kirin 9000S chip possibly in anticipation of stricter US sanctions.
SMIC is stockpiling chips amidst threats of stricter US sanctions comes via ChinaTechNews.com.