Category: kirin 990

Huawei’s answer to the iPad Pro is the 10.8-inch MatePad Pro

[ad_1] As we mentioned before, the MatePad Pro does strongly resemble an iPad Pro, especially with the keyboard attached. On top of that, Huawei elected to digress from its regular MediaPad tablet naming scheme, going with the MatePad laptop moniker instead. It weighs about the same as the 11-inch iPad Pro (460 grams), but it’s […]

Watch Huawei’s IFA 2019 event in 11 minutes

[ad_1] Even if you somehow managed to get up to watch Huawei’s IFA 2019 keynote, what you saw likely didn’t give you a jolt of energy. That’s because compared to past Huawei keynotes, the company’s latest had a more subdued atmosphere. With a US ban that’s unlikely to lift anytime soon, Huawei’s Richard Yu wasn’t […]

Huawei’s Kirin 990 is a mobile CPU with 5G built in

[ad_1] Previous 5G-ready chipsets needed separate modems for the new standard. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855, for example, was compatible with the company’s 5G-friendly X50 modem, but had an LTE X24 modem onboard. This race to deliver the first mobile CPU with its own 5G radio is almost meaningless until networks and devices are more widely available, […]