#Kirin 990

A couple of months go, Huawei unveiled its latest flagship chipset, the HiSilicon Kirin 990 Series, which powers the company's newest smartphones, the Mate 30 series. Before we get started, the Kirin 990 comes in two models: the Kirin 990 5G and the Kirin 990 4G. TSMC 7nm lithography The Kirin 990 is built using TSMC’s 7nm lithography, allowing them to fit 8 billion transistors in about a 90mm2 die size. For comparison, the Kirin 980 has 6.9 billion transistors in a 74mm2 die size. CPU, GPU, and NPU Power For the CPU, the Kirin 990 5G features two high-frequency 2.86GHz Cortex-A76-based cores, two medium-frequency 2.09GHz Cortex-A76-based cores, and four efficient 1.86GHz Cortex-A55 cores. What all these means is that the Kirin 990 has enough computing power to run the Mate 30 series' features including gaming, photography, and AI applications, while at the same time, improving battery performance. Upgraded ISP 5.0 The Kirin 990 features an upgraded Image Signal Processor (ISP) 5.0 that is 15% better compared to the Kirin 980. Huawei has released a teaser video indicating that the company will launch its latest chipset, possibly the Kirin 990, at IFA 2019 in Berlin. Read more in our articles including "A closer look at Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 990" and "Huawei Kirin 990 chipset to launch at IFA 2019".