With Kirin Chipsets Huawei To Depend Less On Qualcomm Socs
For the uninitiated, HiSilicon Kirin chipsets are the in-house chipsets produced by Huawei itself. Most of the OEM’s flagship smartphones sport the Kirin chipsets, HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC being chief of them. But the mid-range and entry-level lineups use more of the Qualcomm and MediaTek chipsets. To reduce this margin, Huawei will concentrate its energy on using more of Kirin chipsets in the remaining quarters of 2019. Comparing the company’s reliance on outsourced chipsets from the second half of last year to this moment, there’s been significant progress....