Huawei News.

Huawei's Qiankun ADS Max and Ultra feature packages see a 3,000 yuan price increase starting July 1. The user net cost rises to 15,000 yuan after automaker subsidies, from 12,000 yuan previously. The hike results from rising memory chip costs due to AI-driven demand spikes in 2025. Customers with deposits before July remain at 12,000 yuan.

Huawei is rebuilding its chip business seven years after the US cut off access to advanced chips. The company is betting on logic-stacking technology to sidestep Washington's curbs. Sources describe technical advances that appear to circumvent the restrictions.

Huawei's resurgence is testing the effectiveness of US chip export restrictions. The company has managed to produce advanced processors despite sanctions. This development challenges the intended impact of American technology controls on the Chinese firm.

Nvidia is pitching its upcoming Vera CPUs to Chinese clients, advertising availability soon. The move comes as US chip controls and Chinese homegrown solutions like Huawei's Ascend have reduced Nvidia's share of the Chinese data center market to effectively zero. Vera claims up to 1.8x faster performance than current x86 CPUs.

SemiAnalysis teardown of Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 9030 finds SMIC's third-gen 7nm (N+3) has a 32.5nm minimum metal pitch, tighter than Intel 18A's 36nm on Panther Lake. However, N+3 transistor density of 113.4M/mm² trails 18A by 38%. SMIC achieved this without EUV using DUV quadruple-patterning.

A Huawei patent reveals a vertical tri-fold smartphone design with two hinges, similar to the Mate XT Ultimate. The S-shaped device folds to one-third its size and includes a shield to reduce signal loss. The design may eventually appear in Huawei's Pura lineup.

Huawei's HIMA business is adding second-tier battery suppliers CALB and Gotion to cut costs, breaking CATL's sole-supplier status for Aito. Gotion will supply 81-kWh battery packs for the Aito M6. Smaller battery makers' quotes run about 10% below CATL's, aiding HIMA's mass-market expansion.

Aito launched two entry-level BEV variants of the M6 SUV, starting at 229,800 yuan ($34,010), lowering the entry price by 50,000 yuan. The BEV Max version includes in-cabin LiDAR and Huawei's ADS Pro Plus system. Both variants use an 81-kWh battery with 602-630 km range.

He Tingbo, Huawei's semiconductor chief, returned from seven years in the shadows at an IEEE conference in Shanghai on 25 May. He unveiled the Tau Scaling Law, which replaces transistor shrinking with signal-propagation time as the metric. Huawei claims it can reach 1.4nm-equivalent chip density by 2031 without EUV lithography.

Shangjie, the EV brand from SAIC and Huawei, will launch the upgraded H5 SUV on June 18. Pre-sales began May 28 at 169,800 to 209,800 yuan. The vehicle features Huawei Qiankun ADS 4.1 and a 192-channel LiDAR, with EREV range up to 1,360 km and BEV range up to 655 km.

Huawei's HIMA teased the Stelato G9, its first off-road SUV jointly developed with BAIC Group, on June 15. The vehicle offers both EREV and BEV powertrains, with the EREV version carrying a 75-kWh battery and the BEV version a 120-kWh battery. It will feature Huawei Qiankun's 896-channel LiDAR and the ADS 5.