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Huawei has had a rough couple of years . From making its way onto the US blacklist to facing a recent ban from the UK ’ s 5G market , the Chinese tech giant has struggled to achieve the kind of dominance that seemed assured back in 2015 . As its 5G and smartphone ambitions have been stifled around the world , Huawei has turned to its chip division , HiSilicon , which produces the Kirin processor , and is among one of the more successful hardware manufacturers in the industry . Its flagship SoC , the Kirin 990 5G is a close competitor for Qualcomm ’ s flagship Snapdragon SoC , and boasts best-in class performance from a cutting-edge CPU and powerful AI . www . mobilemagazine . com