China’s semiconductor ambitions take a hit after Huawei’s HiSilicon drops out of global top 25 chip vendor rankings

  • HiSilicon’s revenue declined to US$1.5 billion last year, down from US$8.2 billion in 2020, according to research firm Gartner
  • That made an impact on China’s overall share of the global semiconductor market, which declined to 6.5 per cent in 2021 from 6.7 per cent a year earlier

HiSilicon is responsible for the Kirin, Gigahome, Kunpeng, Balong and Ascend chips used in the products of parent Huawei Technologies Co. Photo: Shutterstock
HiSilicon, the integrated circuit (IC) design arm of Huawei Technologies Co, has dropped out of the rankings of the world’s top 25 semiconductor vendors amid stifling US trade sanctions that have also reduced China’s overall share of the global chip market, according to research firm Gartner.
That exit marked “the most significant shift” among the global semiconductor vendor rankings last year, according to a Gartner report released on Thursday, as Huawei continues to fight for survival after the company and scores of its affiliates – including HiSilicon – were added to the US government’s trade blacklist in May 2019.
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