# Chinese fab SMIC's 7nm metal pitch beats Intel 18A but lags 38% on density, teardown finds — Huawei's sanctions-beating HiSilicon Kirin 9030 is the first subject of SemiAnalysis's new teardown lab

> SemiAnalysis has published the first teardown from its new in-house lab, focusing on the minimum local metal pitch on SMIC’s third-gen 7nm at 32.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/semianalysis-opens-its-own-chip-teardown-lab?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a329b53de814794a0d7068e)
- **Published:** 2026-06-17
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #huawei #intel #teardown #pitch #semianalysis #density #hisilicon #kirin
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