Huawei, despite the US sanctions, continues its efforts to stay in the market of smartphones with 5G technology. Tomorrow, the company will unveil the new Huawei Nova 12 series, which promises to deliver capabilities similar to flagship devices.
There will be three variants available: Huawei Nova 12 Active Edition, Pro, and Ultra. The first model, Nova 12 Active Edition, will be powered by the Snapdragon 778 4G chipset, therefore it will not support 5G technology. However, the other two models, Nova 12 Pro and Nova 12 Ultra, will be equipped with the latest Kirin SoC – Huawei’s own chipsets with 5G support.
According to leaked information, the Huawei Nova 12 Pro will run on the Kirin 8000 chipset, while the Huawei Nova 12 Ultra will receive the more powerful Kirin 9000SL. Both units will utilize 5G modem technology and be based on solutions known from the Kirin 9000s, which powers the Huawei Mate 60 series. The SoC chips are manufactured by the Chinese company SMIC.
Photos circulating on Weibo suggest that the Kirin 9000SL is a modified version of the Kirin 9000s, with two fastest cores clocked at 2.35 GHz. The entire chip consists of 9 CPU cores divided into three clusters, and the graphics are handled by the Maleoon 910 GPU clocked at 750 MHz. The Kirin 9000s has one fastest core clocked at 2.62 GHz but uses the same graphics unit.
The specification of the Kirin 8000 has not been revealed yet, but it is speculated that it will be a lower-tier unit compared to the 9000 series.
The latest SoC chips, including the Kirin 9000SL and Kirin 8000, will be manufactured using 7 nm or 5 nm technology. There is also the possibility that Huawei may soon surprise with further next-generation chipsets. Chinese manufacturer SMIC, which currently produces Kirin chips for Huawei, has reportedly already achieved 3 nm technology. Such lithography would allow Kirin to effectively compete with the latest SoC chips from companies like Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Source of photos: Huawei, Weibo
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