Huawei Unveils Kirin 9050 Pro Chip and New Mate XT 2 Tri-Folding Smartphone

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Published: 2026-09-08
Category: technology
Source: Huawei

Huawei has launched its new Kirin 9050 Pro chip, marking its first new Kirin chip introduced at a flagship product launch in six years. The chip debuts in the HUAWEI Mate XT 2 Ultimate, a new tri-folding smartphone, which Huawei claims offers a 42% overall performance improvement over its predecessor. The Kirin 9050 Pro utilizes a two-layer vertical stacking architecture based on Tao Law technology, increasing transistor density and improving performance with features like Lingxi CPU hyperthreading and hardware-accelerated real-time ray tracing.

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