Huawei proposes new path for chip development amid US sanctions
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize China’s Huawei Technologies expects to design high-end chips by 2031 with transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometre processes, despite U.S.
- Although Huawei did not provide independent performance data, the target is significant because 1.4 nm is expected to be close to the global frontier for advanced chipmaking around the end of the decade.
- China is widely seen as unlikely to reach that level through conventional manufacturing alone because Washington has restricted its access to advanced lithography tools and other key semiconductor technologies.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize China’s Huawei Technologies expects to design high-end chips by 2031 with transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometre processes, despite U.S. sanctions that have made it hard for China to build the world’s most advanced chips.
The projection, made by Huawei on Monday in a statement, was the most eye-catching claim of what the company calls the Tau Scaling Law, a new principle for improving chips as the industry can no longer rely mainly on making transistors smaller.
He Tingbo, president of Huawei’s semiconductor business and director of its Scientist Committee, introduced the new concept in a keynote speech titled “New Semiconductor Path in Practice” at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Shanghai on Monday, the company said.