As reported by Huawei Central, the new Qingyun W515x is equipped with China's bleeding-edge octa-core Kirin 9000C processor, which clocks up to 3.1 GHz.

While the CPU specs remain a secret, the CPU cooler is a low-profile unit that reportedly maintains a chassis temperature below 30C at maximum load. The fan noise level is also quiet, coming in at 21.82 dB.

5nm technology is the best manufacturing process China currently has access to. Since U.S. regulations have banned China's access to the latest generation of chipmaking tools, China's chipmaking facilities have to deal with the restrictions of older shipbuilding tools that aren't necessarily capable of building the latest-generation tech, like extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV). It has limited China's ability to develop competitive CPUs with Intel, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm's latest chips.

I didn't know ships were used in microprocessors!

Can't wait to see this post locked on r/hardware

I wanna know what ISA it uses. I wanna be able to install Linux on modernish hardware without having the management engine and its equivalents hardwired in.

A new system with a slow China-made processor

thanks for the adjective, tomshardware.com

China's bleeding-edge octa-core Kirin 9000C processor, which clocks up to 3.1 GHz

The Kirin 9000C is an octa-core CPU with 12 threads and a 2.48 GHz frequency

🤔

_{(might just be top vs. default clock speed but whatever, 0/10 for ambiguous writing)}

9,000°C🫨

let me know when its over 9000

More competıtıon in chipmaking is always welcome.