华为在IEEE ISCAS上公布了Tau(τ)Scaling Law框架,通过时间维度优化替代传统的晶体管几何尺寸微缩。公司六年内设计量产了381款芯片,采用新LogicFolding架构的麒麟芯片将于今年秋季出货。其目标是到2031年,实现等效于1.4nm工艺的晶体管密度,而无需依赖受ASML禁运影响的EUV光刻技术。这一基于架构创新的路径若成功,将削弱美国出口管制的效力。
Chinas Huawei can't access EUV. So they wrote their own scaling law. The leverage of US export controls erodes.
Huawei just presented the Tau (τ) Scaling Law at IEEE ISCAS, a framework that replaces geometric transistor scaling with time-based optimization across devices, circuits, chips, and systems.
Huawei is not trying to win the nanometer race anymore. They're redefining it.
381 chips designed and mass-produced over six years. Kirin chips with their new LogicFolding architecture ship this fall. Target by 2031: transistor density equivalent to 1.4nm processes - without EUV (ASML embargo still hits hard)
Whether Tau Scaling delivers on that promise remains to be seen. But it shows one thing: US export controls cut Huawei off from cutting-edge lithography, and instead of hitting a wall, they built a parallel road.