Huawei is tipping to expand its high-end HiSilicon Kirin chipsets lineup. It can launch Kirin 9010 as a next-generation system-on-chip (SoC). However, the chipset already comes in two variants – the Kirin 9000 and the Kirin 9000E. It is currently only in the Mate 40 series smartphones.
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The new chip is speculating to base on an all-new architecture based on 3-nanometre (3nm) process technology for Huawei. In addition, it is a significant upgrade over the existing SoCs that are based on the 5nm process. Competitors including Qualcomm and Samsung have also used the same MOSFET technology node on their recent flagship SoCs for mobile devices.
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3nm Based HiSilicon Kirin 9010 SoC in the Works
A tipster, with username @RODENT950, tweets that Huawei’s next-gen chipset Kirin 9010 is based on a 3nm process. There’s, however, no official confirmation of the reported details. It is coming at a time when the company is facing challenges in retaining its chipset business globally. A recent report by Counterpoint showed that Huawei did not receive any growth in the last quarter. In addition, it managed to retain its 12 percent share in the worldwide smartphone chipset market.
However, the company’s stagnant growth helped MediaTek as it surpassed Qualcomm. It attracted companies like Samsung and Xiaomi for its affordable SoCs.
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Having said that, the latest rumor around the HiSilicon Kirin 9010 SoC suggests that Huawei may have one last weapon to take on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon and Samsung’s Exynos chips. The move to the 3nm process appears quite competitive and significant — considering the recent arrival of 5nm chips.
Huawei last year brought HiSilicon Kirin 9000 as its last flagship SoC. It debuted on the company’s Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro+ smartphones in October, while the Kirin 9000E featured on the Mate 40.
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