#Kirin Explained

But, how about Samsung's Exynos and Huawei's Kirin? Huawei Mate 30 ProNext up, we have Huawei's Kirin. Kirin chipsets are manufactured by one of Huawei's subsidiaries, HiSilicon, a company that purchases CPU and GPU designs from Arm. Aligned with Huawei's global branding, what sets Kirin chipsets apart from the rest is connectivity. Arm, a British company that manufactures in the U.S., is likely to remove their GPU from Kirin chipsets as well. And, if Arm pulls out, this could mean the end of Kirin chipsets as we know it. Making the newly released Kirin 990 with an integrated 5G modem obsolete in those areas. And as to why Kirin can't be found in other smartphone brands? Read more in our articles including "Samsung Exynos and Huawei Kirin: Is in-house better?" and "OpenKirin brings vanilla Android to Huawei and Honor devices".