SMIC has reportedly developed its 5 nm node without EUV

SMIC, China's primary TSMC/Samsung Foundry competitor, successfully developed a 7 nm node which was then used to manufacture the Kirin 9000s and Kirin 9010. It has been long rumoured that SMIC was working on its 5 nm variant. Reports from Business Korea and Hankyung suggests that it has been successfully developed. 

SMIC's 5 nm node relies exclusively on the last-ten DUV (Deep Ultra Violet) tech and not the cutting-edge EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) due to ongoing sanctions. While the feat is impressive, initial yields will be sub-par because the chance of failure increases multiplicatively with every pass of the DUV laser. Hence, it is likely the 5 nm node will not be used for commercial applications, at least initially. 

That said, it has been rumoured that Huawei plans to launch a new Kirin SoC with the Mate 70 series. Then there's a new laptop chip that trades blows with Apple's M2 in the pipeline. Both are slated to debut later this year and it has been rumoured that they get dibs on SMIC's new 5 nm node. Whether or not it will be accessible to other Chinese OEMs remains to be seen. 

Unfortunately, there's no way to confirm the news as SMIC is unlikely to make a public statement about the matter; otherwise, it runs the risk of attracting more attention towards itself, which will almost certainly be followed by more crippling sanctions.