Huawei has unveiled its new Mate 90 smartphone series, highlighting its homegrown chip architecture and HarmonyOS 7 as the Chinese technology giant continues to navigate U.S. restrictions on advanced semiconductor technology.
The premium Mate 90 models, including the Mate 90 Pro Max, are powered by Huawei’s Kirin 9050 Pro processor. Huawei says the chip uses a new architecture called “LogicFolding,” which restructures internal wiring in three dimensions to enable denser and faster processing. The approach, however, requires more wafers to manufacture.
Huawei also said the new smartphones run HarmonyOS 7, its Android-free operating system, which the company says supports more than 450,000 apps and services. The company did not disclose the manufacturer of the Kirin 9050 Pro, although China’s SMIC is widely believed to produce Huawei’s Kirin chips.
The launch comes as Huawei faces continued constraints on advanced semiconductor capacity in China. Company executive Richard Yu said smartphone chip supplies remain tight, while rising memory costs are also putting pressure on handset prices and margins.
The Mate 90 series succeeds the Mate 80 lineup launched in November 2025. Its performance and market reception will provide another test of Huawei’s ability to advance its smartphone business while relying increasingly on domestically developed technologies.
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