Huawei HiSilicon made 8 million unit shipment in Q1 2024 global chip market: Canalys

A new report by Canalys shows that Huawei HiSilicon continues to grow and made a shipment of 8 million units in the Q1 2024 global smartphone chip market. Compared to a zero last year, the company has shown notable changes in its progress card.

Canalys analytical data highlights that Huawei HiSilicon stands at the sixth rank in the Q1 2024 global smartphone chip market. It scored 2.7% of the market share.

Note: The report signifies the shipment of devices powered by HiSilicon Kirin chips worldwide. Compared to others, the growth is pacing at a slow rate, yet it’s just the beginning and we can expect major positive changes by the end of this year.

In recent times, Huawei silently introduced many new Kirin chips on the table. Even though the company didn’t promote any of these, it is enough to state that the OEM is moving forward with small steps and will achieve big success in this segment.

Canalys Q1 2024 global smartphone chip market report (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

Previous inputs mentioned that Huawei is constantly pacing in the Chinese smartphone market – thanks to the Mate and Nova series. Both these lineups pack Kirin processors, which significantly drew the attention of users to the return of Huawei’s self-developed chip.

Other chipmakers…

Further details in the report highlight that MediaTek has ranked first in this listing with 114 million unit shipments, while Qualcomm is standing in second position with a shipment of 75 million units. Both obtained 17 and 11% market share respectively.

Apple is next in this sequence and shipped 48 million unit devices powered by its self-developed processors. UNISOC is fourth and Samsung is in the fifth spot with a slight decline in shipment compared to the last year. Google lands in sixth place.

Canalys Q1 2024 global smartphone chip market report (Image Credits: MyDrivers)