{
  "id": 16891886,
  "title": "Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law roll-out reaches base stations in blow to US chip curbs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/huaweis-tau-scaling-law-roll-out-reaches-base-stations-in-blow-to-us-16891886",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3372454/huaweis-tau-scaling-law-roll-out-reaches-base-stations-blow-us-chip-curbs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Huawei is rolling out its Tau Scaling Law across its base stations, marking a significant move in response to US chip curbs. This new chip design principle, based on \"time compression,\" has already proven beneficial in the company's next-generation wireless base stations. The UBBPi baseband products, which incorporate the time compression concept, have demonstrated a 1.3-fold improvement in average network experience while reducing energy consumption by 40%. The Tau Scaling Law, unveiled by Huawei in May alongside its LogicFolding architecture, is a strategic response to US export controls on advanced chipmaking equipment. This principle has been rapidly integrated into Huawei's smartphones and computing infrastructure, with the Kirin 9050 Pro being the first commercial chip using the LogicFolding architecture. The rollout of these telecom products coincides with China's roadmap for early commercialization of 6G technology by 2030, with Huawei also launching the world's first commercial Upper 6 GHz equipment, the VitaAAU, supporting peak downlink speeds exceeding 10Gbps in markets like the UAE.",
  "summary": "Huawei Technologies is already integrating elements of the Tau Scaling Law – a new chip design principle that helps the company overcome US export controls – into its wireless communications network, as it pushes for broader adoption across its products. The Chinese tech giant is using the “time compression” concept based on its Tau Scaling Law in its next-generation wireless base stations,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}