<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Chinese	O
fabless	B-Algorithm
semiconductor	I-Algorithm
company	I-Algorithm
based	O
in	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
Guangdong	O
and	O
wholly	O
owned	O
by	O
Huawei	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
purchases	O
licenses	O
for	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
designs	O
from	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A9	I-Application
MPCore	I-Application
,	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M3	O
,	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A7	I-Application
MPCore	I-Application
,	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A15	O
MPCore	O
,	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A53	O
,	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A57	O
and	O
also	O
for	O
their	O
Mali	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
has	O
also	O
purchased	O
licenses	O
from	O
Vivante	O
Corporation	O
for	O
their	O
GC4000	O
graphics	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
is	O
reputed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
largest	O
domestic	O
designer	O
of	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
instituted	O
rules	O
that	O
require	O
American	O
firms	O
providing	O
certain	O
equipment	O
to	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
or	O
non-American	O
firms	O
who	O
use	O
American	O
technologies	O
that	O
supply	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
to	O
have	O
licenses	O
and	O
Huawei	O
announced	O
it	O
will	O
stop	O
producing	O
its	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
chipset	O
from	O
15	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
onwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
has	O
since	O
been	O
overtaken	O
by	O
Chinese	O
rival	O
UNISOC	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
mobile	O
processor	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
(	O
Shanghai	O
)	O
Technologies	O
CO.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
is	O
a	O
fabless	B-Algorithm
semiconductor	O
and	O
IC	O
design	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
Technologies	O
Co	O
.	O
Ltd	O
.	O
manufactures	O
semiconductor	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shenzhen	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
Semiconductor	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
Huawei	O
's	O
ASIC	O
Design	O
Center	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
–	O
Shenzhen	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
Semiconductor	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
registered	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
formally	O
established	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2016	O
–	O
Kirin960	O
designed	O
by	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
was	O
awarded	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
best	O
of	O
Android	O
2016	O
"	O
by	O
Android	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2019	O
–	O
Shanghai	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
wholly-owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Huawei	O
was	O
established	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
develops	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
ARM	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
not	O
exclusive	O
,	O
these	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
see	O
preliminary	O
use	O
in	O
handheld	O
and	O
tablet	O
devices	O
of	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
Huawei	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
well	O
known	O
product	O
of	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
is	O
the	O
K3V2	O
used	O
in	O
Huawei	B-Device
Ascend	I-Device
D	O
Quad	O
XL	O
(	O
U9510	O
)	O
smartphones	O
and	O
Huawei	O
MediaPad	O
10	O
FHD7	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
chipset	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A9	I-Application
MPCore	I-Application
fabbed	O
at	O
40nm	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
16	O
core	O
Vivante	O
GC4000	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirin	B-Architecture
980	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
first	O
SoC	O
based	O
on	O
7nm	O
FinFET	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirin	B-Architecture
985	O
5G	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
Hislicon	O
's	O
5G	O
SoC	O
based	O
on	O
7nm	O
FinFET	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirin	B-Architecture
990	O
5G	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
first	O
5G	O
SoC	O
based	O
on	O
N7nm+	O
FinFET	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirin	B-Architecture
9000	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
first	O
SoC	O
based	O
on	O
5nm+	O
FinFET	O
(	O
EUV	O
)	O
TSMC	O
technology	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
5nm	O
SoC	O
to	O
be	O
launched	O
on	O
the	O
international	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
octa-core	O
eight	O
threads	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
9th	O
Gen	O
of	O
the	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
Kirin	B-Architecture
series	O
and	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
15.3billion	O
of	O
transistors	O
in	O
a	O
1+3+4	O
configuration	O
:	O
4	O
Arm	O
Cortex-A77	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
(	O
1x	O
3	O
,	O
13	O
GHz	O
and	O
3x	O
2	O
,	O
54	O
GHz	O
)	O
,	O
4	O
Arm	O
Cortex-A55	O
(	O
4x	O
2	O
,	O
05	O
GHz	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
24-core	O
Mali-G78	O
GPU	B-Architecture
(	O
22-core	O
in	O
the	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
9000E	O
version	O
)	O
with	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
Gaming+	O
3.0	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	O
quad	O
pipeline	O
NPU	O
(	O
Dual	O
Big	O
Core	O
+	O
1	O
Tiny	O
Core	O
configuration	O
)	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
ISP	O
6.0	O
to	O
support	O
advanced	O
computational	O
photography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Huawei	O
Da	O
Vinci	O
Architecture	O
2.0	O
for	O
AI	B-Application
supports	O
2x	O
Ascend	O
Lite	O
+	O
1x	O
Ascend	O
Tiny	O
(	O
only	O
1	O
Lite	O
in	O
9000E	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
cache	O
is	O
8	O
MB	O
and	O
the	O
SoC	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
LPDDR5/4X	O
memories	O
(	O
made	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
40	I-Application
series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
integrated	O
3rd	O
generation	O
7nm	O
TSMC	O
5G	O
proprietary	O
modem	O
"	O
Balong	O
5000	O
"	O
,	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
9000	O
supports	O
2G	O
,	O
3G	B-Architecture
,	O
4G	B-Architecture
and	O
5G	O
SA	O
&	O
NSA	O
,	O
Sub-6G	O
and	O
mmWave	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SoC	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
is	O
6W	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2021	O
4G	B-Architecture
version	O
of	O
the	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
9000	O
has	O
the	O
Balong	O
modem	O
limited	O
via	O
software	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
ban	O
imposed	O
on	O
Huawei	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
for	O
non-chinese	O
5G	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
develops	O
smartphone	O
modems	O
which	O
although	O
not	O
exclusively	O
,	O
these	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
see	O
preliminary	O
use	O
in	O
handheld	O
and	O
tablet	O
devices	O
of	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
Huawei	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
MWC	O
2012	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
released	O
the	O
Balong	O
710	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modem	O
have	O
an	O
advanced	O
2G	O
,	O
3G	B-Architecture
,	O
4G	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
5G	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
develops	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
for	O
wearables	O
such	O
as	O
truly	O
wireless	O
earbuds	O
,	O
wireless	O
headphones	O
,	O
neckband	O
earbuds	O
,	O
smart	O
speakers	O
,	O
smart	O
eyewear	O
and	O
smartwatches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
A1	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
6	O
September	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
develops	O
server	O
processor	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
ARM	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hi1610	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
first	O
generation	O
server	O
processor	O
announced	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hi1612	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
second	O
generation	O
server	O
processor	O
launched	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kunpeng	O
916	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Hi1616	O
)	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
third	O
generation	O
server	O
processor	O
launched	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kunpeng	O
920	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Hi1620	O
)	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
fourth	O
generation	O
server	O
processor	O
announced	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	O
claim	O
the	O
Kunpeng	O
920	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
scores	O
more	O
than	O
an	O
estimated	O
930	O
on	O
SPECint_rate_base2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TaiShan	O
v110	O
core	O
is	O
a	O
4-way	O
out-of-order	O
superscalar	O
that	O
implements	O
the	O
ARMv8.2-A	O
ISA	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	O
reports	O
the	O
core	O
supports	O
almost	O
all	O
the	O
ARMv8.4-A	O
ISA	B-General_Concept
features	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
exceptions	O
,	O
including	O
dot	O
product	O
and	O
the	O
FP16	O
FML	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2-way	O
and	O
4-way	O
Symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessing	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kunpeng	O
930	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Hi1630	O
)	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
fifth-generation	O
server	O
processor	O
announced	O
in	O
2019	O
and	O
scheduled	O
for	O
launch	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TBD	O
custom	O
cores	O
with	O
higher	O
frequencies	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
simultaneous	B-Operating_System
multithreading	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMT	O
)	O
and	O
ARM	O
's	O
Scalable	O
Vector	O
Extension	O
(	O
SVE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kunpeng	O
950	O
is	O
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
's	O
sixth-generation	O
server	O
processor	O
announced	O
in	O
2019	O
and	O
scheduled	O
for	O
launch	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HiSilicon	B-Architecture
also	O
develops	O
AI	B-Application
Acceleration	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Da	O
Vinci	O
Max	O
AI	B-Application
Core	O
features	O
a	O
3D	O
Cube	O
Tensor	O
Computing	O
Engine	O
(	O
4096	O
FP16	O
MACs	O
+	O
8192	O
INT8	O
MACs	O
)	O
,	O
Vector	O
unit	O
(	O
2048bit	O
INT8/FP16/FP32	O
)	O
and	O
scalar	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
AI	B-Application
framework	O
called	O
"	O
MindSpore	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
platform-as-a-service	O
product	O
called	O
ModelArts	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
lower-level	O
library	O
called	O
Compute	O
Architecture	O
for	O
Neural	O
Networks	O
(	O
CANN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ascend	O
310	O
is	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
inference	O
SoC	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
codenamed	O
Ascend-Mini	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ascend	O
910	O
is	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
training	O
SoC	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
codenamed	O
Ascend-Max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
processors	O
compete	O
with	O
products	O
from	O
several	O
other	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
