Apple's rival Huawei 5G, the debut is the peak
Oct 07, 2022| Apple's rival Huawei 5G, the debut is the peak
In 2019, Kirin 990 5G chip was released, which not only adopted the new TSMC 7NM EUV process for the first time, but also integrated Balong 5000 5G baseband for the first time. The network speed of 5G sub-6ghz band can reach 4.6Gbps, and the MMwave 5G band can reach 6.5Gbps. It is the first to synchronously support SA and NSA networking.
Of course, the highlight is the first integration of 5G baseband on a flagship SoC, which strikes a balance between power consumption and performance compared to the "plug-ins" of other chips. It wasn't until the Snapdragon 888 in late 2020 that Qualcomm did that for the first time.
The combination of Kirin 990, Balong 5000 5G, set a myth for Huawei Mate 30 series, the sales volume has exceeded 7 million within 60 days on the market, the sales volume exceeded 12 million in three months, is the peak performance of domestic high-end mobile phone indubitably.
After the peak of its debut, the United States overbearing a paper ban, let Huawei's 5G road to a sharp decline.
TSMC, Huawei's long-time partner and the world's largest contract manufacturer, has been unable to contract chip manufacturing for Huawei since September 2020. Kirin 9000 series and Balong 5000 5G have become the swan song.
Today, Huawei has to rely on Qualcomm's "special" 4G chips to maintain mobile phone shipments. Huawei Hayes, the world's top three baseband chip suppliers, has gradually fallen into the Others, while Qualcomm has more than half of the market share by virtue of the patented technology advantages accumulated from its ancestors.
Huawei's own research chip road, before and after nearly 30 years. From an ordinary switch vendor, Huawei has become a leader in 5G chips. What is valuable behind the brilliant achievements is the sense of crisis that it is not willing to be stuck in the neck, and its persistence over the years.
Samsung, which has been widely mocked for its signal problems, and Mediatek, which is still far behind Qualcomm in millimeter wave 5G, are now the two biggest players in the market for 5G baseband chips.
Patents and time. When Apple is down, when will a powerful new player emerge to unseat Qualcomm as the No. 1 5G player?
