Huawei Technologies on Monday set out a new technical approach it says can drive higher transistor density in future chips, presenting both a scaling principle and a circuit architecture it believes will reshape semiconductor development.
He Tingbo, who serves as chair of the Huawei Scientist Committee and president of the companys semiconductor business department, introduced the Tau Scaling Law at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Shanghai. He framed the law as a guide for the next phase of semiconductor and electronic systems engineering.
According to Huawei, the Tau Scaling Law - referred to by some peers as Her's Law - shifts the focus from conventional geometric shrinkage of transistor features to an emphasis on time scaling. The company said it has applied the principle across its design work and used it to produce 381 chips in volume over the past six years.
Aligned with the new scaling approach, Huawei unveiled a LogicFolding architecture intended to lower resistive and capacitive loading on signal paths and to raise achievable transistor density. The firm specified that its upcoming Kirin chip family, slated to ship later this year, will be the first products to incorporate the LogicFolding design.
Huawei also outlined continued investment in its Ascend-branded AI accelerators and Kunpeng processor lines as part of a push to meet domestic computing demand that the company said had previously been fulfilled by firms such as Nvidia. The company provided a multi-year rollout plan for Ascend chips: the Ascend 950 series - including models named 950PR and 950DT - is scheduled for 2026; the Ascend 960 is slated for 2027; and the Ascend 970 is planned for 2028. Huawei said these releases will run in parallel with AI chip introductions from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.
For readers tracking semiconductor technology and supply dynamics, Huaweis announcement bundles a technical proposition with a clear product roadmap for both mobile and data-center compute hardware. The companys claims about prior mass production and its explicit multi-year launch schedule provide concrete milestones that market participants can monitor.