#Huawei 5nm

A rumor has surfaced, noting that Huawei will be using 5nm processors for its flagship devices in 2021. Last month, Trump's administration banned companies from supplying components to Huawei if it was made using US technology. As such, TSMC, SMIC, and other chip manufacturers are banned from supplying chips to Huawei. The US Government has, however, given Huawei a 120-day grace period before the ruling takes effect; hence TSMC can still provide chips to HiSilicon until September 15. Given the ruling, Huawei is forced to find a third party chip manufacturer for its 2021 flagship devices. Since TSMC and SMIC are technically banned from supplying to Huawei, this leaves MediaTek and even Samsung as the only chip vendors left to provide Huawei's chips. Huawei makes some of the most interesting little gadgets around and when I visited their booth at CommunicAsia yesterday, they've got a dozens of Pocket WiFi and USB sticks for all sorts of cellular network on display. The one above is the Huawei WiFi E589 which supports LTE, 3G and 2G connections with speeds up to 50Mbps. This one is the Huawei E398 which is an LTE USB dongle, similar to the one being used by Smart LTE Evolution. Read more in our articles including "Huawei's 2021 flagships may use MediaTek Dimensity Chips" and "Huawei's new 4G/LTE Pocket WiFi line-up".