Huawei Has Developed A Rival To The Apple M1, Claims Unverifiable Rumor, But Current Evidence Suggests That Might Not Be The Case

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Apple’s iron grip on the ARM notebook and desktop space might be coming to an end, starting with Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X Elite. However, one rumor claims that Huawei is another player to enter this space, and there are claims that the former Chinese giant has already developed a competitor to the M1. Then again, the company might have obtained dependency from a slew of foreign companies in a bid to jumpstart its smartphone business, starting with the Kirin 9000S, but that does not mean that there are no other hurdles that need to be scaled.

Huawei already has a 5nm SoC that powers its notebook range, but it is made by TSMC, not its local foundry partner SMIC, suggesting that the M1 competitor development might be an uphill battle

It was earlier reported that Huawei had secretly unveiled its first 5nm SoC, the Kirin 9006C, which is found in its Qingyun L540 lineup of notebooks. However, a previous teardown revealed that the chipset was not developed by SMIC, China’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, but by TSMC, suggesting that Huawei might have had leftover wafer shipments that it re-purposed to make the Kirin 9006C. It is also possible that Huawei still has ties with the Taiwanese foundry, albeit in a significantly smaller capacity now. In any case, Revegnus has put out a post on X below, stating that there is a rumor doing the rounds that Huawei has developed an Apple M1 competitor.

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Going by the wording alone, the tipster mentions ‘developed,’ meaning that Huawei has successfully made the unnamed rival, implying that it is ready to be found in portable machines and take on a slew of Macs. However, as optimistic as we want to sound over this rumor, we have to face certain realities. At its current stage, SMIC struggles to fulfill the 7nm chip demand for Huawei as it continues to face yield problems. The reason for this is simple; SMIC