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HiSilicon purchases licenses for CPU designs from ARM Holdings, including the ARM
Cortex-A9 MPCore, ARM Cortex-M3, ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore, ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore,[2][3]
ARM Cortex-A53, ARM Cortex-A57 and also for their Mali graphics cores.[4][5]
HiSilicon has also purchased licenses from Vivante Corporation for their GC4000
graphics core.
Contents
1 Smartphone Application Processors
1.1 K3V2
1.2 K3V2E
1.3 Kirin 620
1.4 Kirin 650, 655, 658, 659
1.5 Kirin 710
1.6 Kirin 810
1.7 Kirin 910 and 910T
1.8 Kirin 920, 925 and 928
1.9 Kirin 930 and 935
1.10 Kirin 950 and 955
1.11 Kirin 960
1.12 Kirin 970
1.13 Kirin 980
2 Smartphone modems
2.1 Balong 700
2.2 Balong 710
2.3 Balong 720
2.4 Balong 750
2.5 Balong 765
2.6 Balong 5G01
2.7 Balong 5000
3 Server processors
3.1 Hi1610
3.2 Hi1612
3.3 Kunpeng 916 (formally Hi1616)
3.4 Kunpeng 920 (formally Hi1620)
3.5 Kunpeng 930 (formally Hi1630)
3.6 Kunpeng 950
4 AI Acceleration
4.1 Ascend 310
4.2 Ascend 910
5 Similar platforms
6 References
7 External links
Smartphone Application Processors
HiSilicon develops SoCs based on ARM architecture. Though not exclusive, these SoCs
see preliminary use in handheld and tablet devices of its parent company Huawei.
K3V2
The first well known product of HiSilicon is the K3V2 used in Huawei Ascend D Quad
XL (U9510) smartphones[7] and Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD7 tablets.[8] This chipset is
based on the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore fabbed at 40 nm and uses a 16 core Vivante GC4000
GPU.[9] The SoC supports LPDDR2-1066, but actual products are found with LPDDR-900
instead for lower power consumption.
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
K3V2 (Hi3620) 40 nm ARMv7 Cortex-A9 L1: 32 KB instruction + 32 KB data, L2: 1
MB 4 1.4 Vivante GC4000 240 MHz
(15.3GFlops)
LPDDR2 64-bit dual-channel 7.2 (up to 8.5) N/A N/A N/A N/A Q1
2012
List[show]
K3V2E
This is a revised version of K3V2 SoC with improved support of Intel baseband. The
SoC supports LPDDR2-1066, but actual products are found with LPDDR-900 instead for
lower power consumption.
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
K3V2E 40 nm ARMv7 Cortex-A9 L1: 32 KB instruction + 32 KB data, L2: 1 MB 4
1.5 Vivante GC4000 240 MHz
(15.3GFlops)
LPDDR2 64-bit dual-channel 7.2 (up to 8.5) N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013
List[show]
Kirin 620
� supports - USB 2.0 / 13 MP / 1080p video encode
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 620 28 nm ARMv8-A Cortex-A53 8 1.2 Mali-450 MP4 533 MHz
(32GFlops) LPDDR3 ( MHz) 32-bit single-channel 6.4 N/A Dual SIM LTE Cat.4
(150 Mbit/s) 802.11 b/g/n (Wifi Direct & Hotspot) Not Supporting DLNA /
Miracast Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE Q1 2015
List[show]
Kirin 650, 655, 658, 659
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 650 16 nm FinFET+ ARMv8-A Cortex-A53
Cortex-A53 4+4 2.0 (4xA53) 1.7 (4xA53) Mali-T830 MP2 900 MHz
(40.8GFlops)
LPDDR3 32-bit single-channel 6.4 N/A LTE Cat.4 N/A N/A H1 2014
List[show]
Kirin 910T 1.8 700 MHz
(41.8GFlops)
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 920 28 nm HPM ARMv7 Cortex-A15
Cortex-A7
big.LITTLE 4+4 1.7 (A15)
1.3 (A7) Mali-T628 MP4 600 MHz
(76.8GFlops)
LPDDR3 (1600 MHz) 64-bit dual-channel 12.8 N/A LTE Cat.6 (300 Mbit/s) N/A
N/A H2 2014
List[show]
Kirin 925 1.8 (A15)
1.3 (A7) N/A N/A N/A Q3 2014
List[show]
Kirin 928 2.0 (A15)
1.3 (A7) N/A N/A N/A N/A
List[show]
Kirin 930 and 935
� supports - SD 3.0 (UHS-I) / eMMC 4.51 / Dual-band a/b/g/n Wi-Fi / Bluetooth 4.0
Low Energy / USB 2.0 / 32 MP ISP / 1080p video encode
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 930 28 nm HPC ARMv8-A Cortex-A53
Cortex-A53 4+4 2.0 (A53)
1.5 (A53) Mali-T628 MP4 600 MHz
(76.8GFlops)
LPDDR3 (1600 MHz) 64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel 12.8 GB/s N/A Dual SIM LTE Cat.6
(DL:300 Mbit/s UP:50 Mbit/s) N/A N/A Q1 2015
List[show]
Kirin 935 2.2 (A53)
1.5 (A53) 680 MHz
(87GFlops)
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 950 TSMC 16 nm FinFET+[15] ARMv8-A Cortex-A72
Cortex-A53
big.LITTLE 4+4 2.3 (A72)
1.8 (A53) Mali-T880 MP4 900 MHz
(122.4GFlops)
LPDDR4 64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel 25.6 N/A Dual SIM LTE Cat.6 N/A
N/A Q4 2015
List[show]
Kirin 955[17] 2.5 (A72)
1.8 (A53) LPDDR3 (3 GB) LPDDR4 (4 GB) N/A N/A N/A Q2 2016
List[show]
Kirin 960
Interconnect: ARM CCI-550, Storage: UFS 2.1, eMMC 5.1, Sensor Hub: i6
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 960[18] TSMC 16 nm FFC ARMv8-A Cortex-A73
Cortex-A53
big.LITTLE 4+4 2.36 (A73)
1.84 (A53) Mali-G71 MP8 1037 MHz
(282GFlops)
LPDDR4-1600 64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel 28.8 N/A Dual SIM LTE Cat.12 LTE 4x
CA, 4x4 MIMO N/A N/A Q4 2016
List[show]
Kirin 970
Interconnect: ARM CCI-550, Storage: UFS 2.1, Sensor Hub: i7
Cadence Tensilica Vision P6 DSP.[19]
NPU made in collaboration with Cambricon Technologies. 1.92T FP16 OPS.[20]
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 970 TSMC 10 nm FinFET+ ARMv8-A Cortex-A73
Cortex-A53
big.LITTLE 4+4 2.36 (A73)
1.84 (A53) Mali-G72 MP12 746 MHz
(330 GFlops)
Interconnect: ARM Mali G76-MP 16, Storage: UFS 2.1, Sensor Hub: i8
Dual NPU made in collaboration with Cambricon Technologies.
Model Number Fab CPU GPU Memory Technology Nav Wireless Sampling
Availability Utilizing Devices
ISA Microarchitecture Cores Frq (GHz) Microarchitecture Frq (MHz) Type Bus
width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s) Cellular WLAN PAN
Kirin 980 TSMC 7 nm FinFET ARMv8.2-A Cortex-A76
Cortex-A55
DynamIQ (2+2)+4 2.6 (A76 H)
1.92 (A76 L)
1.8 (A55) Mali-G76 MP10 720 MHz
(489.6 GFlops)[21]
Balong 700
The Balong 700 supports LTE TDD/FDD.[22] Its specs:
3GPP R8 protocol
LTE TDD and FDD
4x2/2x2 SU-MIMO
Balong 710
At MWC 2012 HiSilicon released the Balong 710.[23] It is a multi-mode chipset
supporting 3GPP Release 9 and LTE Category 4 at GTI (Global TD-LTE Initiative). The
Balong 710 was designed to be used with the K3V2 SoC. Its specs:
3GPP Rel.14
LTE Cat.19 Peak data rate up to 1.6 Gbit/s
4CC CA + 4�4 MIMO/2CC CA + 8�8 MIMO
DL 256QAM
C-V2X
Balong 5G01
The Balong 5G01 supports the 3GPP standard for 5G with downlink speeds of up to 2.3
Gbit/s. It supports 5G across all frequency bands including sub-6GHz and millimeter
wave (mmWave).[22] Its specs:
3GPP Release 15
Peak data rate up to 2.3 Gbit/s
Sub 6GHz and mmWave
NSA/SA
DL 256QAM
Balong 5000
The Balong 5000 supports supports 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G.[25] Its specs:
Hi1610
The Hi1610 is HiSilicon's first generation server processor announced in 2015. It
features:
TBD custom cores with higher frequencies, support for simultaneous multithreading
(SMT) and Arm�s Scalable Vector Extension (SVE).[35]
64 KB L1-I, 64 KB L1-D, 512 KB Private L2 and 1MB L3/core Shared
TSMC 7nm?
8x DDR5
Kunpeng 950
The Kunpeng 950 is HiSilicon's sixth-generation server processor announced in 2019
and scheduled for launch in 2023
AI Acceleration
HiSilicon also develops AI Acceleration chips.
Ascend 310
It is an AI chip manufactured by Chinese communication electronics manufacturer
Huawei. The Ascend 310 is capable of 16 TOPS@INT8 and 8 TOPS@FP16 with power
consumption of only 8 W. It is fabbed on TSMC's 12nm FFC Process.[37]
Ascend 310 chipsets are based on an architecture called "Da Vinci" and Computing
Engine called "3D Cube".
Ascend 910
The Ascend 910 is a 7 nm chip which delivers 256 TFLOPS@FP16 and 512 TOPS@INT8 with
power consumption of 350W. The Ascend Cluster has 1024 Ascend 910 chips to reach
256 petaFLOPS@FP16. The Ascend 910 and Ascend Cluster will be available in Q2 2019.
[38]
Similar platforms
The Kirin processors compete with products from several other companies, including:
R-Car by Renesas
Tegra by Nvidia
OMAP by Texas Instruments
Exynos by Samsung
Snapdragon by Qualcomm
Ax by Apple
Atom by Intel
i.MX by Freescale Semiconductor
RK3xxx by Rockchip
Allwinner Axy by Allwinner
MTxxxx by MediaTek
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