It has been more than a month since the Huawei Mate 60 series went on sale at the end of August, but the popularity of related models in the market has not diminished. It can still be described as "one machine is hard to find" . A large part of the reason why this series of mobile phones has caused such a strong response is that it is equipped with the latest generation of Kirin 9000S processor!
Since Huawei has not officially announced the details of the Kirin 9000S processor, there have been many speculations about this processor during this period. In terms of manufacturing technology, some say it is 5nm, others say it is 7nm; some say it is produced by SMIC, while others say it is the stockpiling batch produced by TSMC in the past... However, for these speculations, Huawei officials did not make any response.
In order to find out, many digital bloggers and evaluation agencies dismantled it, but in the end they did not find the answer they wanted. However, just when everyone has no clue,a photo recently circulated on the Internet seems to let everyone see the "truth."
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Judging from the photos shared by netizens, the Kirin 9000S processor is neither produced by SMIC, nor is it a previous stock chip, but "Dongguan Intelligent Manufacturing", produced by Songshan Lake Science City!
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According to another netizen, the photo was taken at the opening ceremony of the new academic year of Dongguan Institute of Technology. The spokesperson in the photo is the Secretary of the Party Committee of Dongguan Institute of Technology, introducing the industrial situation of Songshan Lake.
▲Picture source: Sina Weibo
According to public information, Songshan Lake Science City is locatedDongguan City, Guangdong Province is a national-level science and technology innovation center that the province focuses on building. In July 2020, it was officially approved to be included in the construction of the Greater Bay Area comprehensive national science center pilot area. Songshan Lake Science City takes part of the Songshan Lake High-tech Zone as the main body and integrates surrounding related strategic areas such as Dalang Town, Dalingshan Town and Huangjiang Town, with a total planned area of 90.5 square kilometers. Songshan Lake Science City has gathered many high-tech enterprises and research institutions, forming an industrial cluster dominated by information technology, biomedicine, and new materials.
In 2021, the "Songshan Lake Science City Development Master Plan (2021-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was officially released. According to the plan, Songshan Lake Science City will organically integrate landscape ecology and scientific functions, promote the linkage between the two cities of the Greater Bay Area Comprehensive National Science Center pilot launch area, and form a spatial layout of "North Lake, South Mountain, One Core and Four Districts".
It is worth mentioning that Huawei founderRen Zhengfei personally participated in the design of Huawei Songshan Lake Town. In Songshan Lake Science City, Huawei has established projects such as the Southern Factory, Terminal Headquarters, and Xixi Beipo Village, and has worked closely with local governments, universities, and enterprises to jointly promote technological innovation and industrial development. It is reported that Huawei mobile phones, tablets, computers and other terminal equipment are manufactured here. It can be said that Dongguan gathers Huawei’s production and R&D capabilities.
▲Songshan Lake Science City construction renderings (part)
This time Huawei launched the new Mate 60 in a low-key manner and did not mention the Kirin 9000S processor. This may have its own considerations and strategies.
Some insiders said that Huawei officials have remained silent and only confidently claimed to be "way ahead". This behavior may be due to technical protection reasons. Because in the current market competition environment, any new chip will face the risk of technology plagiarism from competitors. This is one of the reasons why Huawei has always emphasized independent and controllable security.
Compared with explicitly promoting the use of Kirin 9000S, the benefit of adopting a hidden strategy is that it can control the transmission of information to reduce adversaries' technology theft, thereby improving the security and confidentiality of the chip.
In addition, Huawei has always been a "thorn in the eyes" of Americans, so it should adopt the most conservative strategy when it comes to sensitive technologies. From this perspective, Huawei's choice to remain silent may be a wise move.
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