5nm Kirin 1020 SoC tipped for next year's Huawei Mate 40 line - Android

Huawei's current flagship AP, the Kirin 990, is the chipset that powers the company's Mate 30 line. Manufactured by TSMC using its 7nm process, the version of this SoC with an integrated 5G modem stuffs 10.3 billion transistors inside. Introduced at the IFA show in Berlin back in September, the Kirin 990 will be powering the Huawei P40 series that could be launched as soon as Q1 of 2020.

When the time comes next fall for Huawei to release its most technologically advanced phones of 2020, the Mate 40 line, a new chipset should be under the hood. According to a post ...