Huawei's latest smartphone shows it lags behind U.S. competitors in chip technology

Huawei's latest Mate 70 smartphone series, launched in November, still relies on 7-nanometer chip technology. This places the company about five years behind competitors like Apple and Nvidia, which use more advanced chips. Researchers expected Huawei to introduce a more advanced 5-nanometer chip but found the same technology as its previous Mate 60 model. U.S. export controls are limiting Huawei's access to advanced chip manufacturing equipment. Huawei's future chip production faces challenges, including low yields from its manufacturing partner, SMIC. This may impact the availability of chips for Huawei's AI and smartphone products in the coming years.