Huawei Technologies’ newly launched Mate 60 Pro smartphone contains more China-made chip components than previous models, said research firm TechInsights.
More than half, maybe two-thirds of the silicon, is domestically grown capability, compared to one third 2-3 years ago, said TechInsights.
The research firm had said earlier that the phone is powered by a new advanced chip that China’s top contract chipmaker SMIC manufactured using an advanced 7 nanometre (nm) technology, marking a breakthrough.
“It shows that China has been able to stay 2-2.5 nodes behind the world’s best (chip) companies. People thought they would be stopped at 14 nanometer.”