"China's No. 1 Private Enterprise";
"China's Enterprise with the Most R&D Investment";
"The World's 5G Technology Leader";
"The World's No.1 Mobile Market Share ".
Whenever we talk about Huawei , the above honors make Chinese people feel proud. , but since it has been frequently targeted by the United States, Huawei's business has been hit hard, especially its mobile phone business . At present, the Huawei mobile phone market has fallen out of fifth place in the world. In the institutional rankings, Huawei mobile phones have been classified as "others".
In addition to the market share of mobile phones, Huawei Kirin chip , which the Chinese are proud of, also encountered difficulties. In August 2021, after TSMC officially announced that it would no longer manufacture Kirin chips , Kirin chips were in a dilemma of using one less chip.
According to the latest news, market research organization Counterpoint Research recently released a research report on global smartphone application processors in the third quarter of this year. Among them, Huawei HiSilicon, which has attracted much attention in , saw its quarterly shipment share drop from 0.4% in the second quarter to 0%, which means that Kirin chip inventory has been exhausted.
Although the "return to zero" of the Kirin chip was expected, the news still impacted the hearts of many people.
You must know that Huawei HiSilicon was once among the top ten in the global semiconductor industry and is the most advanced semiconductor design company in the country. In particular, the Kirin 9000 chip that integrates 5G is the world's first and unique . It is precisely because of this that Huawei mobile phones overwhelm Apple 's iPhone series mobile phones in the domestic high-end market.
We all know later that because Huawei’s power made the United States fearful, they sanctioned Huawei five times without justifiable reasons in the past two years.
From abuse to blockbuster
In 2004, Huawei HiSilicon Semiconductor was officially established. At that time, HiSilicon mainly designed switch chips. It was not until 2009 that it launched its first mobile phone chip K3V1, and released the iteration K3V2 three years later.
I guess most netizens have never heard of them. However, these two first-generation chips were criticized a lot, including severe fever and backward chip manufacturing processes. It was beaten down by Qualcomm and Samsung at the same time. Fortunately, Mr. Ren Zhengfei chose to persevere and invest tens of billions in research and development every year.
Finally, the emperor paid off! In 2014, the Kirin 910 chip came out, and a new chapter belonging to Kirin officially opened.
Kirin 950 was released at the end of 2015;
Kirin 960 was released in October 2016;
Kirin 970 was released in September 2017;
Kirin 980 was released in August 2018;
Kirin 990 was released in September 2019;
At this time, Huawei has successfully gained a foothold in the high-end chip market, forming a three-legged stance with Qualcomm and Apple.
and later became the most familiar Kirin 9000, which can be said to be the pinnacle of Kirin chips. It was the world's first and only 5G SoC chip using a 5nm manufacturing process. But what is regrettable is that under the pressure of the United States, Kirin 9000 shipments have "returned to zero." Is there still a chance for
Kirin chip?
Huawei Consumer Business CEO Yu Chengdong has stated in public many times that Huawei will return as the king in 2023.
In the eyes of the outside world, it must be the return of Kirin chips. Now that Kirin chip shipments have "returned to zero", does it still have a chance?
In my personal opinion, Kirin chips will no longer be available in the short term! There are three main reasons for saying this.
First of all, TSMC's attitude has undergone significant changes in . From the early days of striving to ship to Huawei, to now going to the United States to build multiple factories, and publicly stating that the mainland market share is less than 10%.
Secondly, the most advanced chip process technology in mainland China is still stuck at 14nm. It is basically impossible to OEM the next generation of Kirin chips.
Finally, the United States is increasingly suppressing . In recent years, in the field of semiconductor , Laos and the United States have increasingly suppressed us. From time to time, companies have entered the "blacklist" of Laos and the United States.It is basically impossible for Huawei to get the export ban lifted.
is written at the end
Although the Kirin chip will not be able to return in a short time, Huawei has not given up on chip research and development. Not only has it increased investment in design research and development for , but it has also begun to invest in key areas such as chip manufacturing and .
finally hopes that Huawei can truly break down the technical barriers and make the Kirin chip truly come back as the king.
