Zhao Ming took part in a recent livestream interview. He talked about many subjects like AI, large models, business sectors, the Magic 7 series, new features, and more.

During the interrogation, several netizens asked the CEO if Honor would use Kirin chips for its devices anytime. In response, Zhao Ming said that he’s pretty much aware that users hope for such an opportunity. They are eagerly waiting to see the Kirin chip powering Honor smartphones with a new performance boost.

Although it’s unlikely to happen in the short term. Honor has good cooperation with Qualcomm and prefers Snapdragon processors for its flagship models.

“The possibility of using Kirin chips in the short term is not very high and I know everyone also hopes for such an opportunity.” – said Zhao Ming.

Honor devices unlikely to use Kirin chips, but users hope for it: CEO (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

The 360 Group Chairman – Zhou Hongyi questioned if Honor isn’t considering Kirin chips due to its low production capacity and limited supply. Zhao answered that he had no idea about the production volume or any other matter related to it.

It’s not the first time that Honor denied using Kirin chips for its devices. The company’s CMO Jiang Hairong also refuted such rumors saying it’s complete nonsense.

Honor does have the values and core characteristics of Huawei. Although it believes that it can no longer become Huawei and would like to remain a separate company. Zhao also clarified in previous interviews that Honor can defeat its all rivals even if it begins things from scratch.

The CEO stated that the new-gen Honor Magic 7 series will run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. We can expect dynamic performance boost with the Magic 7 series.

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Weibo tipster @FixedFocus implies that the Huawei Mate 70 series may use a new IC (Integrated Circuit) chip to enhance the touch response. The chip details are unknown. But it aims to provide a quicker and more responsive touch experience.

IC chip or integrated circuit is a microprocessor in the device that converts input signals into measurable waves. It helps determine the touch position on the screen.

Simply put, as soon as a finger comes in contact with the screen, the chip processes the signals via software algorithms and responds instantly and more efficiently.

The latest input states that Huawei will improve the touch feedback with Mate 70 models to a greater extent. The new touch IC chip in the next Mate lineup may provide a faster and more productive touch response, especially while playing games.

Huawei Mate 70 series may offer faster screen touch response (Image Credits: FixedFocus/Weibo)

Apart from the new touch IC chip, Huawei may also adopt an upgraded side-mounted fingerprint sensor for the Mate 70 vanilla and Pro variants. It is expected to occupy less space on the side edges and ease the overall unlocking experience.

Huawei aims to deliver the best device experience with the Mate 70 series. The previous-generation models have been a huge milestone for the company. Now it aims the same sales record and attention for the upcoming Mate lineup.

Expected Upgrades

Mate 70 series has entered mass production and will likely launch in the next month. It will be the first to feature stable HarmonyOS NEXT and may bring a brand-new Kirin chipset (probably with a 5nm process).

Some other changes in the list include a stronger body architecture using basalt material, a circular camera bump with new imaging capabilities, AI features, as well as a slightly upgraded design, and more.

Huawei Mate 70 series may offer faster screen touch response (Image Credits: FixedFocus/Weibo)

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Luxshare Precision is a Chinese electronics manufacturer. It provides tech makers with essential components for devices. The company is one of the major suppliers of Apple for its smartwatches, iPhones, AirPods, and HomePods.

It seems the Luxshare Precision is now expanding its supplier business for Huawei wearables. According to a new report, Luxshare is planning a huge investment to build production facilities for both Apple and Huawei smartwatch products.

The Chinese supplier may soon invest $150 million in Nghe An, Vietnam. It aims to lay new production lines in Southeast Asia that can boost the development of wearables for Apple and Huawei. The other details on this matter are unknown.

Luxshare has been planning the investment for a long time. Apart from the wearables, it may also establish production facilities for Apple’s handset to become the second-largest iPhone assembler after the Taiwanese Kunshan plant.

Luxshare to reportedly increase Huawei smartwatch production (Image Credits: Huawei/X)

Huawei Smartwatches

Huawei continues to appear as a top rival in the smartwatch market. The company has recently unveiled several wrist gadgets like the Watch GT 5 series, Watch D2, and Watch Ultimate Green Edition in the global market with interesting features.

On the other hand, it introduced a new TruSense health system that bears advanced sensors to detect the precise health of an individual and offer accurate reports within seconds. This tracking capability makes Huawei wearables a powerful opponent against its rivals in the Chinese and global markets.

The Chinese OEM may tie hands with the Apple iPhone assembler – Luxshare in the time ahead to increase its smartwatch production in the respective region.

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Weibo tipster @DirectorShiGuan stated that Huawei is using quite pricey components for its next flagship lineup. For instance, the display panel, camera module, primary lens, main processor, power efficiency SoCs, and other parts.

Together, these components for the Huawei Mate 70 series could increase the overall production cost. Adding more details, the tipster said that the Mate 70 models’ manufacturing would be 30% higher than the new Apple iPhone 16 handsets.

Early inputs mentioned that Huawei will use high-end elements for its new devices. The company has been reportedly testing upgraded display techs, new OmniVision camera sensors, enhanced 3D face recognition, and many other components.

Thus, it is possible to see a hike in the production cost of the Mate 70 series over its predecessors and other competitors. But it doesn’t mean a higher selling price!

Input reveals that despite a higher production cost, the Mate 70 series may not be costlier than the iPhone 16 variants. It could be the same as the previous-gen models to some extent. The exact price details will likely be revealed by next month.

Huawei Mate 70 series production could cost 30% more than iPhone 16 (Image Credits: DirectorShiGuan/Weibo)

Huawei Mate 70 series was expected to launch in September this year. That would have resulted in a grand showdown between the Apple iPhone 16 and the Mate 70 devices. Although the Chinese OEM surprised users with a tri-fold smartphone.

Mate 70 seemingly delayed due to hardware and software optimizations. A few details said that the company is working on the HarmonyOS NEXT adaptation for the new phones. Kirin chip production was another cause behind the delay.

The company’s Consumer Business Group Chairman – Yu Chengdong said that the Mate 70 series will debut in the fourth quarter of this year. In that manner, the device is seemingly on time and may show up with brand-new capabilities in the next month.

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DirectorShiGuan notes that the Huawei Mate 70 series Kirin chip is more expensive than the previous versions. It could range from 1100 to 1300 yuan ($157-186).

The price seems a bit similar to some foreign alternatives. For instance, the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 may cost $190 whereas, Dimensity 9400 could priced at $155.

If all these price details are accurate, the next-gen Kirin processor might somewhat match its rivals’ pricing. Things aren’t confirmed at present. Thus, let’s take this input with a grain of salt and wait for official details.

Further detail reflects that Huawei is developing its new Kirin chip with more high-end technologies, ensuring better performance. The forthcoming processor will likely run on a 5nm process technology. An official confirmation awaits on this topic.

Huawei Mate 70 series Kirin chip rumored to be expensive (Image Credits: Weibo)

Huawei is reportedly struggling with chip production and the shortage of advanced chipmaking tools. Hence, a 5nm chipset introduction with the Mate 70 still feels like a dream to many consumers. The mist will get clear by the next month.

Some previous reports suggested that the upcoming Kirin chip could rival Snapdragon 8 gen 2 processors. It will offer a more significant boost in performance than the 9000s chipsets. Besides, the processor may unveil several new capabilities.

The company is expected to use a robust CPU architecture that can improve the GPU performance. It may also unlock enhanced gaming and numerous AI services to ease the day-to-day tasks and efficiency aspects of the new smartphones.

Huawei may unveil the Mate 70 series with a new Kirin chip and the most-awaited HarmonyOS NEXT in November. The company hasn’t confirmed the details yet. Although we may soon get more info on this matter after the HarmonyOS NEXT public beta program. Stay tuned for more revelations on this subject.

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As reported by a car enthusiast, the Chairman of JAC Motors Xiang Xingchu says Huawei MAEXTRO cars will have an annual production capacity of 35000 units.

Inputs further reveal that the first MAEXTRO car will enter the production lane by the end of this year. The official sale of this product will begin in H1 2025.

The information also hints that the MAEXTRO smart car will cost nearly 1 million yuan ($140K). With a luxurious design and advanced smart driving solutions, the new sedan will likely give a tough fight to its rivals in the Chinese automobile market.

MAEXTRO car has recently appeared in spy images. It seems to be a large EV that could easily excel Maybach and Rolls-Royce. The pictures show frameless side-view mirrors and doors. The company may also reduce the air drag for a better exterior look.

A LiDAR sensor solution is also visible on the MAEXTRO car’s roof which will help with the real-time scanning of objects. It ensures the safety of the driver as well as the vehicle.

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JAC MAEXTRO car leaked in spy photos (Image Credits: Weibo)

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ByteDance is a Chinese IT company and the developer of the famous video-sharing platforms: TikTok and Douyin. It also makes large language models like Doubao.

Now a new input says that ByteDance is planning to develop another AI LLM model using Huawei Ascend 910B chips. The news is yet to be confirmed by the company. However, the current ordered chips figure shows that the IT firm may choose Huawei over Nvidia.

Yes, ByteDance has already purchased more than 100000 Huawei Ascend 910B AI chips this year. Due to tight supply and production challenges, the IT company has received 30% of the order as of July 2024. Huawei may soon deliver the left-out order.

Further details state that ByteDance has opted for the Huawei AI chips as an alternative to the Nvidia H20 chips. Following the U.S. restrictions, Nvidia has to serve Chinese firms with low-efficient chips that are good enough to perform but aren’t very reliable. As a result, the Chinese companies turned towards native suppliers.

Companies like ByteDance hope that Huawei and its AI techs are perfect. Even though the Ascend 910B chips aren’t as advanced as Nvidia’s chips. But their performance level and efficiency are far better than the A100 processors (20% more efficient).

On the other hand, using Ascend AI chips will ultimately reduce China’s dependency on foreign chipmakers like Nvidia. Huawei is also making efforts to enhance its chip production and become more efficient in the semiconductor industry.

ByteDance ordered 100000 Huawei Ascend 910B chips to replace Nvidia (Image Credits: Huawei)

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FixedFocus notes that the standard and Huawei Mate 70 Pro variants may adopt a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Unlike the Mate 60 Pro’s in-display fingerprint scanner, the company may switch to a side unlocking solution for the Mate 70 Pro.

Ironically, the tipster says that Mate 60 Pro users who are used to optical fingerprint scanner and plan to upgrade to a new phone should adapt to the new solution.

Fingerprint Solutions for Mate series

Huawei Ascend Mate 7 was the first device to feature a fingerprint scanner (at the back). The company changed this trend with the Mate 20 Pro by featuring an under-display fingerprint sensor. Till then, the optical fingerprint solution became constant for the Mate line.

Even all Mate 60 models launched last year sport an in-display fingerprint solution. It seems Huawei will once again change this trend with the next Mate flagship.

Huawei Mate 70 may adopt side-mounted fingerprint sensor (Image Credits: FixedFocus/Weibo)

Perhaps, the Chinese tech giant may use a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for the standard and Mate 70 Pro phones. Meanwhile, the top variants like the Pro+ and the RS Ultimate Design will likely feature the under-display fingerprint solution.

In that case, the Mate 70 Pro+ and RS Ultimate Design variant could use an all-new in-display fingerprint solution. An early report said that Huawei may use the ultrasonic fingerprint tech for its high-end Mate 70 models. Though this technology is still in development and may debut with the Mate 80 series at the earliest.

Huawei hasn’t shared any details or confirmed the current news so far. But the company keeps juggling its devices with new changes. Let’s wait for more details on this matter.

Mate 70 series is expected to release by October-end or in November. The flagship lineup has already entered mass production and will probably get a discrete launch. In the meantime, you can have a look at the expected live image of Mate 70 RS below.

This live image might belong to Huawei Mate 70 RS with five cameras

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SCMP reports Huawei is testing new AI chips with clients in China including the firms searching for Nvidia alternatives for high-end servers. The Chinese tech giant is packing Ascend 910C chips for large server firms covering hardware testing and configuration.

Nvidia is the most popular AI chip seller in the global AI market including China. However, US sanctions on AI chips have barred the company from selling flagship chipsets to Chinese companies.

Since August 2022, the US restricted Nvidia A100 and H100 exports to China. These two are the most popular AI solutions for large language models and generative AI. The company later modified these two chips to a lower-end version A800 and H800, which got banned in October.

Nvidia has modified its chipsets for Chinese clients and developed H20, L20, and L2 GPUs to comply with US export guidelines and maintain its edge in the Chinese AI market.

Given this opportunity, Huawei started selling Ascend 910B AI chipset last year. It has changed the previous Ascend AI architecture and introduced this new version with various performance improvements to compete against Nvidia’s top sellers.

It also allowed the Chinese company to collect some early customers. However, the next version is expected to widen this reach in the high-end AI chipset market.

Huawei reportedly testing Ascend 910C for the past six months and cooperating with the Chinese tech industry to comply with the specifications as much as possible. Some of these potential customers ByteDance, Baidu, and China Mobile have already received the Ascend 910C chipset for testing.

These companies have placed large numbers of orders for the chip when it goes into production. However, Huawei spilled no beans on this matter and kept the AI chip progress low-key. The report also mentioned that the company could start shipping later this year.

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Despite U.S. restrictions, Huawei is making efforts in the AI chipset field to compete with rivals like Nvidia. The company has been silently working on a new AI chip – Ascend 910C for a long time. The processor will likely go official in the next month.

New Ascend 910C

Ascend 910C will probably act as a strong alternative to the Nvidia B20. It can easily give a tough spot to the H100 chip in performance and efficiency, as per some tests.

With the new AI processor, Huawei aims to fill the gaps in Chinese AI technology. Due to foreign export controls, the company is unable to use advanced equipment to build powerful AI chips. Yet it continued to pace in the AI field with its own techs.

Ascend 910B

On the other hand, the previous AI chips like Ascend 910B claim to edge out Nvidia A100 chips by 20%. It can deliver 80% of Nvidia A100 efficiency for LLMs’ training.

This further indicates the reduction of China’s dependency on US chip producers. Following the ban, Nvidia is restricted from selling high-end chips in China. As a result, it introduced low-efficient AI chips to continue its sales in the region.

Being low-quality processors, the Nvidia chips didn’t satisfy industrial users much. In such scenarios, the upcoming Ascend 910C could be a boon in China.

U.S. Ban: an opportunity?

Huawei also gives credits for its achievements in AI chipset development to the U.S. ban! Yes, the company believes that the U.S. sanctions made it self-reliant in AI technology, computing power, semiconductors, and other high-end solutions.

U.S. authorities blacklisted Huawei from its trade market in 2019 due to security concerns. As a result, the company was unable to access any tech-pack chipmaking tool to build its processors. Though it was a major issue, the ban also did some good to the company.

Improvements ahead!

The new Huawei is more innovative than its previous version. It looks for creative and efficient solutions to build its chips, hardware, and software. Also, these products are mostly free from U.S. components and rely on self-developed parts.

Note that Huawei’s new AI chip is still struggling with certain issues as well as production challenges. However, the constant pace of the company shows that it will soon overcome these obstacles.

Huawei moving forward in AI chipset development to compete with Nvidia (Image Credits: HuaweiCentral)

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