Huawei HiSilicon released the XR chip with 8K decoding support

Huawei HiSilicon has officially released its first XR chip that can support 8K decoding capability and GPU and NPU integration. This chip also integrates GPU and NPU, and the first AR glasses to use this chip is the Rokid Vision. Huawei’s new XR chip also supports up to 42.7PDD per eye.

In VR, for example, the ideal resolution for the human eye is about 60PPD, and the general support for 4KP60 decoding ability of the chip can support the single-eye resolution of 21.3PPD, corresponding to the TV can only be equivalent to 480P TV display effect, but is far from comfortable and immersive effect.

According to the reports, Huawei HiSilicon’s XR chip entered with a top-notch decoding ability to provide a clearer content rendering effect. Furthermore, it uses HiSilicon’s proprietary architecture NPU, which can provide up to 9TOPS of NPU computing power.

As the first product of the HiSiliconXR chip platform, Rokid Vision is a core product of Rokid, a domestic AR company. It is applicable in security, industry, education, retail, exhibitions, and other fields.