Huawei announces the HiSilicon Kirin 960
Last year we had the opportunity to attend HiSilicon's launch event of the Kirin 950.The 950 SoC was the first to employ ARM's Cortex A72 in a smartphone, and the big.LITTLE 4x4 A72/A53 configuration of the 950 powered most of Huawei's flagships for 2016.It also marked a significant jump both in performance as well as efficiency compared to previous Kirin chipsets.
Huawei introduces next-generation Kirin 960 chipset
At a media briefing here in China today, Huawei unwrapped its new HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset, which is expected to power its upcoming rumoured smartphone for next month.Featuring the latest generation Mali GPU, fastest ARM CPU cores and upgraded networking technology, the Kirin 960 promises several advancements over previous generations, and rival processors.The Kirin 960 is made up of four high-performance ARM Cortex A73 cores at 2.4GHz alongside four low-power Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz, and built using a 16nm manufacturing process.
Huawei unveils blazing fast Kirin 960 processor
Enlarge Image Josh Miller/CNETHuawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors.And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner.Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a pokemon/" target="_blank">sung/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Note 7, android/" target="_blank">android/" target="_blank">Android Central reports.
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