Huawei's Kirin chip has been discontinued for two years, and the gap with Qualcomm and Apple may intensify
In today's rapid development of science and technology, chips, as the core components of smart devices, are directly related to the competitiveness of enterprises in terms of R&D and production capacity. However, it has recently been reported that Huawei's Kirin chip has been discontinued for two years, which has undoubtedly aroused great concern from the industry and consumers. In this context, the gap between Huawei and chip giants such as Qualcomm and Apple may further widen.
First of all, we need to understand the reason for the discontinuation of Kirin chips. Since 2019, Huawei has been severely hit by the U.S. government's sanctions on its chip supply chain. As a result, the R&D and production of Kirin chips, which are part of Huawei's HiSilicon Semiconductor Company, have been greatly restricted. Despite Huawei's strong technical strength and innovation capabilities, the production of Kirin chips has become extremely difficult in the absence of external supply chain support.
At the same time, competitors such as Qualcomm and Apple continue to launch a new generation of chip products, which have achieved significant improvements in performance, power consumption and integration. Taking Qualcomm as an example, its latest generation of Snapdragon 8 Gen3 chips uses advanced process technology, which not only greatly improves performance, but also has excellent performance in power consumption control and AI computing. Apple's A-series chips have also won wide recognition from the market and consumers for their excellent performance and energy efficiency ratio.
In the two years since the Kirin chip was discontinued, Huawei's market share in the field of smart devices such as mobile phones and tablets has been affected to a certain extent. Due to the lack of the latest chip support, Huawei's new products are difficult to compete with competitors in terms of performance, which weakens Huawei's brand competitiveness to a certain extent. At the same time, other handset manufacturers have taken the opportunity to launch more new products to meet the market demand for high-performance, low-power smart devices.
In the long run, the discontinuation of Kirin chips could have a profound impact on Huawei's global market share and brand influence. As the world's leading communications technology company, Huawei would have had the opportunity to capture a larger share of the global mobile phone market. However, due to chip supply issues, Huawei may lose this opportunity and cede the advantages it has built up to competitors.
Of course, we should also see Huawei's efforts and persistence in the field of chips. Despite the difficulties, Huawei continues to invest in R&D resources and strive to improve its R&D capabilities. At the same time, Huawei is also actively seeking cooperation with domestic and foreign partners to break the dilemma of chip supply.
In short, the discontinuation of Huawei's Kirin chips has indeed brought a lot of challenges to Huawei. In competition with competitors such as Qualcomm and Apple, Huawei needs to work harder to improve its independent R&D capabilities and market competitiveness. At the same time, we also expect Huawei to overcome the dilemma of chip supply as soon as possible and return to the main stage of the market.