@@jahiziz In a blow to U.S. sanctions, a breakdown of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone launched last year revealed that it runs on a 7-nanometer chip made by SMIC. The smartphone also appears to support 5G connectivity despite U.S. attempts to cut Huawei from key technologies including 5G chips. However, SMIC still lags behind TSMC and Samsung Electronics, analysts said. TSMC and Samsung started mass producing 7-nanometer chips in 2018 and currently produces 3-nanometer chips - the smaller the nanometer size, the more advanced and efficient the chip. State-backed SMIC, or Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. , held a market share of 6% in the first quarter. This places SMIC behind only Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and South Korea’s Samsung Foundry which held 62% and 13% of market share in the first quarter respectively.