With novel chip in Huawei phone, China heads for computing reset

SCMP TechSeptember 11, 2026en

The future of computing has arrived, according to China’s Huawei Technologies. The Shenzhen-based technology giant’s launch this week of the Mate XT 2 smartphone, its first commercial product powered by a processor with a novel architecture, is a public test of the Chinese tech giant’s claim to have invented a new chip design paradigm. It is also its first step to rewiring artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The phone’s chip, the Kirin 9050 Pro, is the first designed according to the...

This is a short summary published by AI Global Wire. The full article is owned and hosted by SCMP Tech — open it there to read it in full.