Phone Maker Honor may Self-develop Chips

Shanghai Honor Intelligence Technology Development was founded on May 31, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan. Equity information shows that this company is wholly owned by Honor Terminal Co., Ltd.

The CEO of Honor, Zhao Ming, stated that this Shanghai company is equivalent to Honor’ s research institute in Shanghai. This new company will focus on the research and development of terminal-side core software, graphics algorithms, communication, photography and work.

 

The company's business scope includes information system integration services, sales of electronic products, sales of communication equipment, software development, sales of integrated circuit chips and products, retail of computer hardware and software and auxiliary equipment, integrated circuit design; integrated circuit chip design and services, artificial intelligence Theory and algorithm software development, artificial intelligence application software development, artificial intelligence basic software development, etc.

 

Since the business scope of the new company includes integrated circuit chip design and other aspects, rumors have been triggered on the Internet, and it is speculated that Honor will start developing chips.

 

According to news from Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily on June 1, Honor responded to the news about the establishment of a new Shanghai company, stating that the company is Honor’s research institute located in Shanghai, one of Honor’s five research centers in China, and its focus is on the core of the terminal side. Research and development work in software, graphics algorithms, communication, photography, etc.

 

According to previous media reports, when talking about the chip strategy, Zhao Ming said that Honor must be a global and open system. According to the needs of the product definition of Honor, the independent choice is self-developed or third-party chips. Maintain the best competitiveness in products. Zhao Ming said that Honor must rely on global supply chain procurement, which means that while the factory is currently successfully purchasing Qualcomm and MediaTek mobile phone chip solutions, it wants to surpass Huawei and does not want to follow in the footsteps of Huawei being sanctioned.

 

Zhao Ming said, “We don't worry about whether a chip is self-developed or not. When it's time for us to make a move, whether it's an ISP chip or a communication radio frequency chip, the products we make are very good in terms of product experience, we will have many such options in the future.”