About HiSilicon
Huawei's wholly owned chip designer, formally established in 2004. It makes the Kirin smartphone and PC processors (Kirin 9030 in Q4 2025, Kirin X90 PC chips in 2025) and the Kunpeng Arm server CPUs. Huawei's Connect 2025 roadmap lists the 96- and 192-core Kunpeng 950 for 2026 and a 256-core part for 2028. Ascend AI chips are listed separately.
HiSilicon was founded in 2004 and is based in Shenzhen, China. It is listed under CPUs & RISC-V, Custom Silicon.
Compute Technologies
- Custom Silicon
What HiSilicon works on
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
Also in China
T-Head (Alibaba), Sunway, Hygon Information Technology, GigaDevice, Loongson
