Chinese fab SMIC's 7nm metal pitch beats Intel 18A but lags 38% on density, teardown finds — Huawei's sanctions-beating HiSilicon Kirin 9030 is the first subject of SemiAnalysis's new teardown lab

The Kirin 9030's N+3 process has a 32.5nm local pitch, but sits 38% behind Intel's 18A on transistor density.

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