Huawei announces IFA 2020 keynote time, may launch new Kirin flagship chip

As the epidemic situation in Europe improves, the person in charge of the organizer of IFA 2020 (Berlin Consumer Electronics Show) stated at an online press conference that this year's exhibition will be held offline as scheduled, but in order to ensure safety, this year's IFA 2020 will no longer be open to the public. It will mainly be aimed at media and other personnel, and the number of exhibitors per day will be limited to 800 people.

Today, Huawei, one of the exhibitors, officially announced its exhibition arrangements. It will hold a speech themed "HUAWEI'S VISION FOR A SEAMLESS AI LIFE" at the IFA 2020 exhibition at 2 pm on September 3. It is expected to release the new 5nm Kirin 9000 5G chipset at that time. Judging from the warm-up posters, the ecosystem composed of hardware and software such as Huawei mobile phones, Huawei headphones, and Huawei watches may also become the focus of this keynote speech.

At last year's IFA 2019, Huawei announced the Kirin 990 5G chip, the FreeBuds 3 true wireless earphones, and the release date of the Mate 30 series.

According to industry chain sources, Huawei's new flagship Kirin processor to be released at IFA 2020 will be based on TSMC's 5nm process, and this chip will be the world's first 5nm mobile chip, nearly a month faster than the A14 processor which is also based on TSMC's 5nm process.

However, due to the ban issued by the United States, this chip will become the "swan song" of the Kirin chip. It is reported that TSMC is concentrating all its efforts on producing 5nm-based Kirin chips to ensure the use of the Mate 40 series as much as possible. According to the previous US ban, TSMC will no longer be able to produce chips for Huawei after September 15.