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Proficient leaker says he solved the mystery about which Kirin chip powers the Mate XT tri-fold

Amjad Ali September 11, 2024

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Everytime the U.S. thinks that it has Huawei pinned, the phone manufacturer, like a wrestler whose body is covered with olive oil, manages to slip away. Block the company from using the Google Play Services version of Android, and it comes up with HarmonyOS. Prevent foundries using U.S. tech from shipping 5G chipsets to the company and Huawei gets China’s largest foundry to produce the Kirin 9000s 5G chipset.

While Huawei’s presentation on Tuesday didn’t name the processor that powers the device, leaker Digital Chat Station replied to a query on the Weibo platform by stating that the Mate XT is powered by the Kirin 9010 5G application processor (AP). This is the same AP that powers the top-of-the-line Huawei Pura 70 Ultra model. This year, the Pura series replaced what used to be known as the “P-series,” a flagship line that focuses on photography (hence the “P”).

The Huawei Mate XT tri-fold is powered by the 7nm Kirin 9010 AP. | Image credit-Huawei

The Kirin 9010 has a CPU configuration made up of 2 cores TaiShan V121 at 2.30 GHz, 6 cores TaiShan V121 at 2.18 GHz, and 4 cores Cortex-A510 at 1.55 GHz. The chip is built by SMIC, the world’s third-largest foundry, using its 7nm N+2 process node. While an enhanced 7nm chipset, it is considered to be a nice improvement over the 7nm Kirin 9000s 5G which was unveiled by Huawei last year for the Mate 60 series. It was the first Kirin chip with 5G support to power a Huawei phone since the 5nm Kirin 9000 was used to drive 2020’s Mate 40 line.

The Mate XT works with Huawei’s two-way satellite calling feature that allows the user to make calls even in areas without cellular or Wi-Fi reception. The phone has a dual hinge which keeps the screens flexible and continues the use of a variable aperture for the primary camera, a feature Huawei launched with the Mate 50 series in 2022 and has continued to offer since.

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Amjad Ali September 11, 2024

0 0 1 minute read