Quick Look
- Huawei has been using a new scaling law, dubbed "Her's Law," to design and mass produce 381 chips over the past six years.
- The law replaces traditional geometric miniaturization with time scaling and enables the new LogicFolding architecture, boosting transistor density.
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Why It Matters
Huawei has been using a new scaling law, referred to as "Her's Law" by peers, to design and mass produce chips for the past six years. This law replaces traditional geometric miniaturization with time scaling. The company unveiled an innovative core technology called LogicFolding architecture based on this law.
During He’s keynote speech delivered at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Shanghai on Monday, she said Huawei had been using the new scaling law to design and mass produce 381 chips over the past six years.
Also dubbed “Her’s Law” by He’s peers, the new principle proposes a paradigm shift that replaced the traditional geometric miniaturisation of transistors with time (τ) scaling.
Based on the law, He also unveiled an innovative core technology called LogicFolding architecture, which can reduce the resistive and capacitive load of signal propagation, ultimately boosting transistor density.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Huawei will continue to leverage "Her's Law" and LogicFolding architecture for future chip development.
Very likely · Medium term
Competitors may investigate or adopt similar time-scaling principles in chip design.
Possible · Long term
Open Questions
- What is the specific impact of "Her's Law" on global chip production?
- What are the broader implications of the LogicFolding architecture for the semiconductor industry?
- How does this new technology compare to existing methods used by competitors?
- What are the specific performance metrics of the 381 chips produced using this method?
