HiSilicon

HiSilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Native name	海思半导体有限公司
Type	Subsidiary
Traded as	HiSilicon
Industry	Fabless semiconductors, Semiconductors, Integrated circuit design
Founded	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Products	SoCs
Parent	Huawei
Website	www.hisilicon.com

HiSilicon

Simplified Chinese

海思半导体有限公司

Traditional Chinese

海思半導體有限公司

Literal meaning

Haisi Semiconductor Limited Company

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hǎisī Bàndǎotǐ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

HiSilicon (Chinese: 海思; pinyin: Hǎisī) is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and fully owned by Huawei.

HiSilicon purchased licenses from ARM Holdings for at least ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore, ARM Cortex-M3, ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore, ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore,^[1]^[2] ARM Cortex-A53, ARM Cortex-A57 and also for their Mali graphics cores.^[3]^[4]

HiSilicon also purchased licenses from Vivante Corporation for their GC4000 graphics core.

HiSilicon is reputed to be the largest domestic designer of integrated circuits in China.^[5]

Products

K3V1

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (MHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
K3V1 (Hi3611)	130 nm	ARMv5	ARM9E	1	800										2009	List Babiken Vefone V1, Ciphone 5 (C5), T5355, IHTC HD-2, 5-inch Huawei UMPC

K3V2

The first well known product of HiSilicon is the K3V2 used in Huawei Ascend D Quad XL (U9510) smartphones^[6] and Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD7 tablets.^[7] This chipset is based on the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore fabbed at 40 nm and uses a 16 core Vivante GC4000 GPU.^[8] The SoC support 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
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
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	2012	List Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD, Huawei Ascend D2 (U9510), Huawei Honor 2 (U9508), Huawei Ascend P6S, Huawei Ascend P2, Huawei Ascend Mate, Lenovo A376, STREAM X (GSL07S))

K3V2E

This is a revised version of K3V2 SoC with improved support of Intel baseband. The SoC support 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
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
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 Huawei Honor 3

Kirin 620

• supports - USB 2.0 / 13 MP / 1080p video encode

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Kirin 620	28 nm	ARMv8-A	Cortex-A53	8	1.2	Mali-450 MP4	533 MHz	LPDDR3 ( MHz)	32-bit single-channel	6.4	N/A	Dual SIM LTE Cat.4 (150Mbit/s)	802.11 b/g/n (Wifi Direct & Hotspot) Not Supporting DLNA / Miracast	Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE	Q1 2015	List Huawei P8 Lite, Honor 4X, Honor 4C, Huawei G Play Mini,honor holly3,Y6ll.

Kirin 650, 655, 658

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
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 (933MHz)	64-bit dual-channel (2x32bit)^[9]		N/A	Dual SIM LTE Cat.6 (300Mbit/s)	N/A	N/A	Q2 2016	List Huawei P9 Lite, Honor 5C
Kirin 655					2.12 (4xA53) 1.7 (4xA53)						N/A		N/A	N/A	Q4 2016	List Huawei Mate9 Lite Honor 6X P8 Lite (2017) Honor 8 Lite
Kirin 658					2.36 (4xA53) 1.7 (4xA53)						N/A		N/A	N/A	Q2 2017	List P10 Lite

Kirin 910 and 910T

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Kirin 910	28 nm HPM	ARMv7	Cortex-A9	4	1.6	Mali-450 MP4	533 MHz (32GFlops)	LPDDR3	32-bit single-channel	6.4	N/A	LTE Cat.4	N/A	N/A	H1 2014	List HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra, Huawei MediaPad X1,^[10] Huawei P6 S,^[11] Huawei MediaPad M1,^[12] Huawei Honor 3C 4G
Kirin 910T	28 nm HPM	ARMv7	Cortex-A9	4	1.8	Mali-450 MP4	700 MHz (41.8GFlops)	LPDDR3	32-bit single-channel	6.4	N/A	LTE Cat.4	N/A	N/A	H1 2014	List Huawei Ascend P7

Kirin 920, 925 and 928

• The Kirin 920 SoC also contains an image processor that supports up to 32 megapixel

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
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 (300Mbit/s)	N/A	N/A	H2 2014	List Huawei Honor 6^[13]
Kirin 925					1.8 (A15) 1.3 (A7)		600 MHz (76.8GFlops)				N/A		N/A	N/A	Q3 2014	List Huawei Ascend Mate7 Huawei Honor 6 Plus
Kirin 928					2.0 (A15) 1.3 (A7)		N/A				N/A		N/A	N/A		List Huawei Honor6 extreme Edition

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
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
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:300Mbit/s UP:50Mbit/s)	N/A	N/A	Q1 2015	List Huawei MediaPad X2 Huawei P8 Huawei MediaPad M2
Kirin 935	28 nm HPC	ARMv8-A	Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53	4+4	2.2 (A53) 1.5 (A53)	Mali-T628 MP4	680 MHz (87GFlops)	LPDDR3 (1600 MHz)	64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel	12.8 GB/s	N/A	Dual SIM LTE Cat.6 (DL:300Mbit/s UP:50Mbit/s)	N/A	N/A	Q1 2015	List Huawei P8 MAX Honor 7 Mate S

Kirin 950 and 955

• supports - SD 4.1 (UHS-II) / UFS 2.0 / eMMC 5.1 / MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wi-Fi / Bluetooth 4.2 Smart / USB 3.0 / NFS / Dual ISP (42 MP) / Native 10-bit 4K video encode / i5 coprocessor / Tensilica HiFi 4 DSP

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Kirin 950	TSMC 16 nm FinFET+^[14]	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 Huawei Mate 8, Huawei Honor V8, Huawei Honor 8, Huawei Honor Magic, Huawei MediaPad M3 (BTV-W09)^[15]
Kirin 955^[16]	TSMC 16 nm FinFET+^[14]	ARMv8-A	Cortex-A72 Cortex-A53 big.LITTLE	4+4	2.5 (A72) 1.8 (A53)	Mali-T880 MP4	900 MHz (122.4GFlops)	LPDDR3 (3 GB) LPDDR4 (4 GB)	64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel	25.6	N/A	Dual SIM LTE Cat.6	N/A	N/A	Q2 2016	List Huawei P9, Huawei P9 Plus, Honor Note 8, Honor V8

Kirin 960

Interconnect: ARM CCI-550, Storage: UFS 2.1, eMMC 5.1

Model Number	Fab	CPU				GPU		Memory Technology			Nav	Wireless			Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Model Number	Fab	ISA	Microarchitecture	Cores	Frq (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Frq (MHz)	Type	Bus width (bit)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Nav	Cellular	WLAN	PAN	Sampling Availability	Utilizing Devices
Kirin 960^[17]	TSMC 16 nm FFC	ARMv8-A	Cortex-A73 Cortex-A53 big.LITTLE	4+4	2.362 (A73) 1.844 (A53)	Mali-G71 MP8	1037 MHz (282GFlops)	LPDDR4-1800	64-bit(2x32-bit) Dual-channel	29.8	N/A	Dual SIM LTE Cat.12 LTE 4x CA, 4x4 MIMO	N/A	N/A	Q4 2016	List Huawei Mate 9, Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design, Huawei Mate 9 Pro, Honor V9, Huawei P10, Huawei P10 Plus,Honor 8 pro,Honor 9

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References

↑ HiSilicon Licenses ARM Technology for use in Innovative 3G/4G Base Station, Networking Infrastructure and Mobile Computing Applications, 02 August 2011 on ARM.com
↑ "HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd. 海思半导体有限公司". ARM Holdings. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ ARM Launches Cortex-A50 Series, the World’s Most Energy-Efficient 64-bit Processors on ARM.com
↑ Lai, Richard. "Huawei's HiSilicon K3V3 chipset due 2H 2013, to be based on Cortex-A15". Engadget. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Hisilicon grown into the largest local IC design companies". Windosi. September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ brightsideofnews.com: Huawei U9510 Ascend D Quad XL Benchmarked on ARMdevices.net
↑ Huawei introduces quad-core 10 inch tablet with 1080p display on Liliputing.com
↑ Hands On with the Huawei Ascend W1, Ascend D2, and Ascend Mate on Anandtech
↑ "HiSilicon Kirin 650 SoC - Benchmarks and Specs". www.notebookcheck.net. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
↑ "Huawei MediaPad X1". DeviceSpecifications. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
↑ "Huawei P6 S". Huawei. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ "Huawei MediaPad M1". DeviceSpecifications. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
↑ "Huawei Honor 6". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
↑ Huawei Ascend Mate 8/Honor 7’s Kirin 940/950 Processor Performance & Specs
↑ "HUAWEI MediaPad M3 8.0". Huawei-Consumer. Huawei. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
↑ Kirin 955, Huawei P9, P9 Plus
↑ "Huawei announces the HiSilicon Kirin 960: 4xA73 + 4xA53, G71MP8, CDMA". AnandTech. 2016-10-19.

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Cortex-A5	Actions ATM702x Amlogic M805/S805, T82x Atmel SAMA5D3 InfoTM iMAPx820, iMAPx15 Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play, 200 RDA RDA8810PL Telechips TCC892x
Cortex-A7	Allwinner A2x, A3x, A83T, H3, H8 Broadcom VideoCore BCM2836, BCM23550 Freescale QorIQ LS10xx Leadcore LC1813, LC1860/C, LC1913, LC1960 Marvell Armada PXA1920 MediaTek MT65xx Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, 400
Cortex-A8	Allwinner A1x Apple A4 Freescale i.MX5 Rockchip RK291x Samsung Exynos 3110(S5PC110), S5PV210 Texas Instruments OMAP 3 ZiiLABS ZMS-08
Cortex-A9	Actions ATM702x, ATM703x Altera Cyclone V, Arria V/10 Amlogic AML8726, MX, M6x, M801, M802/S802, S812, T86x Apple A5, A5X Broadcom VideoCore BCM21xxx, BCM28xxx Freescale i.MX6 HiSilicon K3V2, 910's InfoTM iMAPx912 Leadcore LC1810, LC1811 MediaTek MT65xx Nvidia Tegra, 2, 3, 4i Nufront NuSmart 2816M, NS115, NS115M Renesas EMMA EV2, R-Car H1, RZ/A Rockchip RK292x, RK30xx, RK31xx Samsung Exynos 4 421x, 441x ST-Ericsson NovaThor Telechips TCC8803 Texas Instruments OMAP 4 VIA WonderMedia WM88x0, 89x0 Xilinx Zynq-7000 ZiiLABS ZMS-20, ZMS-40
Cortex-A15	Allwinner A80 HiSilicon K3V3 MediaTek MT8135/V Nvidia Tegra 4, K1 Renesas R-Car H2 Samsung Exynos 5 52xx, 54xx Texas Instruments OMAP 5, DRA7xx, AM57xx
Cortex-A17	MediaTek MT6595, MT5595 Mstar 6A928 Rockchip RK3288
ARMv7-A compatible	Apple A6, A6X, S1 Broadcom Brahma-B15 Marvell P4J Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, S2, S3, S4 Plus, S4 Pro, 600, 800 (Scorpion, Krait)

Application
processors
(64-bit)

Cortex-A53	Actions GT7, S900, V700 Allwinner A64, H5, H64, R18 Altera Stratix 10 Amlogic S9 Family, T96x Broadcom BCM2837 EZchip TILE-Mx100 HiSilicon Kirin 620, 65x, 93x Marvell Armada PXA1928, Mobile PXA1908/PXA1936 MediaTek MT673x, MT675x, MT6795, MT873x, MT8752, MT8163 NXP ARM S32 Qualcomm Snapdragon 41x, 42x, 43x, 61x, 62x Rockchip RK3328, RK3368 Samsung Exynos 7 75xx, 78xx Spreadtrum SC9860/GV, SC9836 Xilinx ZynqMP
Cortex-A57	AMD Opteron A1100-series Freescale QorIQ LS20xx Nvidia Tegra X1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, 810 Samsung Exynos 7 5433, 7420
Cortex-A72	HiSilicon Kirin 95x MediaTek Helio X2x, MT817x Mstar 6A938 Qualcomm Snapdragon 65x Rockchip RK3399
Cortex-A73	HiSilicon Kirin 960 MediaTek Helio X30
Cortex-A75	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
ARMv8-A compatible	Apple A7 to A10 Applied Micro X-Gene Cavium ThunderX CN87xx, CN88xx Nvidia Tegra K1 (Project Denver) NXP i.MX 8 Qualcomm Kryo Samsung Mongoose

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