Huawei Plans 1.4-nm Chip by 2031 to Bypass US Sanctions

Chinese outlets present Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law and the Peking University 3D design tool as proof that China can keep advancing chip technology despite US sanctions. They credit Huawei and domestic universities with building an independent path that reduces reliance on Western tools and suppliers. They expect steady progress toward 1.4-nanometer chips and more powerful Kirin processors to strengthen China’s position in smartphones and AI hardware.

• •Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law gives Chinese engineers a new rulebook for shrinking chips without US-linked software and equipment.
• •The Peking University 3D design tool will help Chinese chip designers squeeze more performance from existing manufacturing lines.
• •Huawei’s planned Mate 90 phones with new Kirin chips will show that US export controls have not stopped its high-end products.
• •China’s chip industry can work around ASML’s EUV chokepoint by combining new design methods with multi-patterning and 3D layouts.
• •Reaching 1.4-nanometer chips by 2031 will prove that China can match or approach US and Taiwanese chipmakers in advanced nodes.