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Huawei’s Kirin 980 pegged to use 7nm manufacturing process
August 03, 2025
Huawei’s HiSilicon chips have made brisk progress, going from the under-powered Kirin K3V2 (a quad-core A9 chipset) to the cutting-edgeKirin 970in less than five years. It seems like the first details for the Kirin 980 have dropped.
ITHome(viaGizmoChina) reports that the new chipset is being built on TSMC’s7nmmanufacturing process. HUAWEI’s current top-end chip, the Kirin 970, is built on a slightly larger 10nm process. The publication adds that mass production of the Kirin 980 is expected to start this quarter.
The publication has a decent track record with chipset reports, havingnailed downsome Kirin 970 details before its release. It didn’t quite get all of theSnapdragon 845info (erroneously claiming that it would feature A53 cores), but the outlet correctly called the chipset as having a 10nm process, for one.
Huawei’s flagship chips are traditionally launched in the second half of the year, in time for the newest Mate phablet. The chipset then gets used in the following year’s P-series handset.
What else should we expect from the Kirin 980 though? The time seems right for core upgrades (to A55 and A75), while HUAWEI’sNeural Processing Unit(NPU) would probably get a tune-up as well.
If confirmed, HUAWEI wouldn’t be the only chipset manufacturer using the 7nm process. Samsung hasreportedly completed developmentof the process six months ahead of schedule, with Qualcomm tipped to be a major customer.
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