Huawei's latest mobile is armed with China's most advanced process node to date despite using blacklisted chipmaker — Huawei Kirin 9030 mobile SoC made on SMIC N+3 process, but can't compete with 5nm node

Source: Tom’s Hardware

Summary

TechInsights says Huawei’s Kirin 9030 is built on SMIC’s N+3 process: an incremental, DUV‑based extension of its 7 nm‑class technology that pushes density without EUV but falls well short of true 5 nm nodes amid rising yield challenges.