Huawei HiSilicon Kirin History – The Huawei’s HiSilicon develops SoCs based on ARM architecture. The first well known product of HiSilicon is the K3V2 used in Huawei Ascend D Quad XL (U9510) smartphones and Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD7 tablets.

1. K3V2
2.K3V2E
3.Kirin 620
4. Kirin 650, 655, 658, 659
5. Kirin 710
6. Kirin 810
7. Kirin 910 and 910T
8. Kirin 920, 925 and 928
9. Kirin 930 and 935
10. Kirin 950 and 955
11. Kirin 960
12. Kirin 970
13. Kirin 980
14. Kirin 990 4G & 990 5G.

1. K3V2: The SoC supports LPDDR2-1066, but actual products are found with LPDDR-900 instead for lower power consumption.

Availability – Q1 2012
Model Number – Hi3620
CPU – Cortex-A9 L1: 32 KB instruction + 32 KB data, L2: 1 MB, Cores 4
GPU – Vivante GC4000, 240 MHz (15.3GFlops)
Type – LPDDR2
Bandwidth (GB/s) – 7.2 (up to 8.5)
Bus width (bit) – 64-bit dual-channel
Wireless – Cellular- N/A , WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A

2.K3V2E: The SoC supports LPDDR2-1066, but actual products are found with LPDDR-900 instead for lower power consumption.

Availability – 2013
Model Number – K3V2E
CPU – Cortex-A9 L1: 32 KB instruction + 32 KB data, L2: 1 MB, Cores 4
GPU – Vivante GC4000, 240 MHz (15.3GFlops)
Type – LPDDR2
Bandwidth (GB/s) – 7.2 (up to 8.5)
Bus width (bit) – 64-bit dual-channel
Wireless – Cellular- N/A , WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A

3.Kirin 620: Supports – USB 2.0 / 13 MP / 1080p video encode.

Availability – Q1 2015
Model Number – Kirin 620
CPU – Cortex-A53, Cores 4
GPU – Mali-450 MP4, 533 MHz (32GFlops)
Type – LPDDR3 ( MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) – 6.4
Bus width (bit) – 32-bit single-channel
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.4 (150 Mbit/s) , WLAN- 802.11 b/g/n (Wifi Direct & Hotspot) Not Supporting DLNA / Miracast, PAN- Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE.

4. Kirin 650, Kirin 655, Kirin 658, Kirin 659:

Availability – Kirin 650 Q2 2016, Kirin 655 Q4 2016, Kirin 658 Q2 2017, Kirin 659 Q3 2017.
Model Number – Kirin 650, Kirin 655, Kirin 658, Kirin 659
CPU – Cortex-A53, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-T830 MP2, 900 MHz (40.8GFlops)
Type – LPDDR3 (933 MHz)
Bus width (bit) – 64-bit dual-channel (2x32bit)
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.6 (300 Mbit/s) , WLAN- 802.11 b/g/n, PAN- Bluetooth v4.1. Bluetooth v4.2 (Kirin 659).

5. Kirin 710:

Availability – Q3 2018
Model Number – Kirin 710
CPU – Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-G51 MP4, 1000 MHz
Type – LPDDR3 (933 MHz)
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.12 (600 Mbit/s) , WLAN- 802.11 b/g/n, PAN- Bluetooth v4.2.

6. Kirin 810: DaVinci NPU based on Tensor Arithmetic Unit

Availability – Q2 2019
Model Number – Kirin 810
CPU – Cortex-A76, Cortex-A55,DynamIQ, Cores 2+6
GPU – Mali-G52 MP6, 820 MHz
Type – LPDDR4X
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.12 (600 Mbit/s) , WLAN- 802.11 b/g/n/ac, PAN- Bluetooth v5.0.

7. Kirin 910 and 910T

Availability – H1 2014
Model Number – Kirin 910 and 910T
CPU – Cortex-A9, Cores 4
GPU – Mali-450 MP4, 533 MHz (32GFlops), Kirin 910T
Type – LPDDR3
Wireless – Cellular- LTE Cat.4 , WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A.

8. Kirin 920, 925 and 928

Availability – H2 2014, Q3 2014
Model Number – Kirin 920,Kirin 925 and Kirin 928
CPU – Cortex-A15,Cortex-A7 big.LITTLE, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-T628 MP4, 600 MHz (76.8GFlops)
Type – LPDDR3 (1600 MHz)
Wireless – Cellular- LTE Cat.6 (300 Mbit/s), WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A.

9. Kirin 930 and 935

Availability – Q1 2015
Model Number – Kirin 930 and 935
CPU – Cortex-A53, Cortex-A53, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-T628 MP4, 600 MHz(76.8GFlops), Kirin 935 680 MHz (87GFlops)
Type – LPDDR3 (1600 MHz)
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.6 (DL:300 Mbit/s UP:50 Mbit/s), WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A.

10. Kirin 950 and Kirin 955

Availability -Kirin 950 Q4 2015, Kirin 955 Q2 2016
Model Number – Kirin 950 and 955
CPU – Cortex-A72, Cortex-A53 big.LITTLE, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-T880 MP4, 900 MHz (122.4GFlops)
Type – LPDDR4, LPDDR3 (3 GB) LPDDR4 (4 GB)
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.6, WLAN- N/A, PAN- N/A.

11. Kirin 960

Availability – Q4 2016
Model Number – Kirin 960
CPU – Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53 big.LITTLE, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-G71 MP8, 1037 MHz (282GFlops)
Type – LPDDR4-1600
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.12 LTE 4x CA, 4×4 MIMO, WLAN- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-Band, PAN- N/A.

12. Kirin 970

Availability – Q4 2017
Model Number – Kirin 970
CPU – Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53 big.LITTLE, Cores 4+4
GPU – Mali-G72 MP12, 746 MHz (330 GFlops)
Type – LPDDR4X-1866
Wireless – Cellular- Dual SIM LTE Cat.18 LTE 5x CA, No 4×4 MIMO, WLAN- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-Band, PAN- N/A.

13. Kirin 980

Availability – Q4 2018
Model Number – Kirin 980
CPU – Cortex-A76, Cortex-A55,DynamIQ, Cores (2+2)+4
GPU – Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz (489.6 GFlops)
Type – LPDDR4X-2133
Wireless – Cellular-Dual SIM LTE Cat.21 LTE 5x CA, No 4×4 MIMO, WLAN- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-Band (Wave 2), PAN- N/A.

14. Kirin 990 4G & 990 5G

Availability – Q4 2019
Model Number -Kirin 990 4G & 990 5G
CPU – Cortex-A76, Cortex-A55, DynamIQ, Cores (2+2)+4
GPU – Mali-G76 MP16 with Kirin Gaming+ 2.0, 600 MHz (~700GFLOPS)
Type – LPDDR4X-2133
Wireless – Cellular-Balong 765 & Balong 5000 (Sub-6-GHz only; NSA & SA), WLAN- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-Band (Wave 2), PAN- N/A.

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