According to new reports, Huawei Hisilicon is the 5th largest smartphone chipmaker in the world. Reports on this were made public after Counterpoint Research analysed the smartphone chip industry, revealing the top players. Gizmochina then took to their website to share this information of Huawei’s triumph, regardless of the restrictions and sanctions affecting their business.
Huawei Hisilicon is the Chinese tech giant’s brand responsible for the design and development of the Kirin chips. These chips are present in most Huawei smartphones and with the brand returning to the global market, netizens will see more of these chips. Huawei began its switch to Kirin chips on its smartphones just before it got hit by the US sanctions that affected its business.
These sanctions limited the firms’ access to necessary tools to manufacture their chips. As a result of these restrictions, the Huawei Hisilicon business suffered for a while, but surprisingly, it’s still among the top 5 largest chipmakers. Yes, Huawei holds 3% of the chips in use on smartphones around the world.
Now, 3% for a brand that is still trying to work around the US sanctions is massive. The likes of Google with the Tensor chip hold 1% of the smartphone chips in the world at this moment. Topping the list of smartphone chipmakers is none other than Qualcomm, with 40% of the chips worldwide.
In recent months, we have seen Huawei make a comeback in its chip business, so its market share in the chip industry may grow. Not only is the brand now producing chips for smartphones, but they also have one of the new chips in a laptop, which is impressive. Other companies on the top five list of smartphone chipmakers are Apple, MediaTek, and Samsung.