He Tingbo, Huawei's "chip queen", spearheads the company's semiconductor innovation. Facing U.S. sanctions, Huawei is developing new chip technologies. He Tingbo introduced the Tau Scaling Law, focusing on transmission speeds. This effort aims for self-reliance and continued technological advancement for China.

Huawei's He Tingbo used an ISCAS keynote in Shanghai to pitch the Tau Scaling Law, a chip-design approach built around signal time rather than transistor size.

He Tingbo, Huawei's "chip queen", spearheads the company's semiconductor innovation. Facing U.S. sanctions, Huawei is developing new chip technologies. He Tingbo introduced the…

"In her speech, she presented the Tau (τ) Scaling Law, a new principle for guiding the future development of the semiconductor industry."

Huawei's Tau Scaling Law and LogicFolding 3D architecture aim to bypass US sanctions by rethinking chip design, targeting 1.4nm-equivalent density by 2031.

Presentation in Shanghai shows how company is trying to shift conversation from what it cannot buy to what it can still build.

The Chinese company is adapting to the demise of Moore’s Law, which guides chip production. It could complicate US chip dominance.