# Huawei on Monday formally unveiled the Tau Scaling Law, a new principle that departs from the geometric scaling logic that has long underpinned chip development.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-26 · The Manila Times*

## Key points

- Huawei unveiled the Tau Scaling Law, replacing geometric scaling with time scaling in chip design.
- Huawei will launch a Kirin smartphone chip this autumn using logic folding to improve performance.
- High-end chips under the Tau Scaling Law are expected to match 1.4-nanometer transistor density by 2031.
- Huawei has mass-produced 381 chips using the Tau Scaling Law in the past six years.
- More than 80 large-language models have been adapted for Huawei's Ascend chips amid Nvidia restrictions.

**Companies:** Huawei
**Countries:** China

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