Today, at the China’s IT Conference 2020 summit, Richard Yu (Executive Director and CEO of the Consumer BG Huawei) revealed many things about the future of Huawei’s devices in his speech.
He said that HarmonyOS will become a worldwide operating system in the future.
Regarding HarmonyOS, some Huawei smart TV models have already adopted it. Richard Yu also revealed that this year’s smartwatch products will run HarmonyOS. In the future, Huawei will aim to apply this operating system to more products, including personal computers, tablets, and smartphones.
He also revealed that the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 series (September 2020) will use Kirin chipsets. The U.S. ban on chip supplies to Huawei will take effect on September 15. Richard Yu stated, ‘By then, the production of Kirin flagship chips will stop, and we will no longer be able to manufacture them. This is a significant loss for us.’
He also stated that Huawei is facing a serious gap in catching up and leading in the chip market, which is now being banned in the United States. Unfortunately for Huawei, they are only involved in chip design rather than chip manufacturing, which requires much greater investment.