The newly released Huawei Mate 60 Pro runs on the newly-developed Kirin 9000s processor.

“The US is heavily reliant on foreign suppliers such as Taiwan for its chips.

The result may likely be even greater restrictions than what exists today.”

A scientist inspecting a computer chip.

Inspecting computer chip.sinology / Getty Images

In chip making, the fewer nanometers, the better.

SMIC took about two years to reach 7-nm capability despite the US ban.

“These technologies and sectors need to be protected.”

3D render of an abstract computer chip.

Abstract computer chip.Jason marz / Getty Images

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The new chip powering the Huawei phone might be only the beginning for China.