Huawei Mate 60 Pro with SMIC 7nm Chip Stuns US Officials

Huawei quietly releases the Mate 60 Pro while Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is visiting Beijing, featuring the Kirin 9000S chip manufactured by SMIC using a non-EUV 7nm-equivalent (N+2) process. TechInsights teardown confirms SMIC achieved 7nm-class transistor density without EUV lithography, using multiple patterning techniques. US officials are shocked — the advance suggests existing export controls failed to prevent China from reaching advanced nodes.