#Kirin

Huawei is said to be developing an ARM-based Kirin PC chip with rumors of its release this year. The Huawei Kirin PC chip in question rivals the Snapdragon X laptop processors from Qualcomm and is even said to be on par with the latest Apple M3. Adding to that, early reports claim that the Kirin PC chip will also adopt a unified architecture similar to Apple M-Series chips. As of writing, the Chinese giant hasn’t mentioned anything yet about working on a Kirin PC chip. Huawei Central predicts that the Kirin PC chip may debut on the said MateBook laptop. Whether this licensing deal played a part in the development of Huawei's latest Kirin smartphone chips remains to be seen. Huawei could be looking to launch its HUAWEI nova 12 Series powered by Kirin 8 series chipset. According to tipster via Weibo, the new chipset, dubbed as “Kirin 830”, will launch alongside the nova 12 Series by the end of the year. Read more in our articles including "ARM-based Huawei Kirin PC chip reportedly delayed to Q1 2025" and "US gov’t reportedly revokes Qualcomm, Intel export licenses to sell chips to Huawei".