Honor responded by establishing a new integrated circuit design company: focusing on the development of terminal-side core software, graphics algorithms, etc.

According to news on June 1, Shanghai Honor Smart Technology Development Co., Ltd. was recently registered and established. The company is 100% controlled by Honor Terminal Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 100 million yuan, and its registered address is in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone.

Corporate information shows that the business scope of Shanghai Honor Smart Technology Development Co., Ltd. includes: information system integration services; sales of electronic products; sales of communication equipment; software development; information technology consulting services; sales of integrated circuit chips and products; retail of computer software, hardware and auxiliary equipment ;Wholesale of computer software, hardware and auxiliary equipment; information system operation and maintenance services; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit chip design and services; information consulting services (excluding licensed information consulting services); artificial intelligence theory and algorithm software development; artificial intelligence applications Software development; artificial intelligence basic software development, etc.

Previously, Honor CEO Zhao Ming said in an interview with IT House and other media at the Honor 90 series new product launch conference that Honor will definitely formulate a chip strategy based on its needs when it comes to self-developed chips, and will neither be blindly optimistic nor belittle oneself. Glory maintains a global and open attitude. According to the needs of product definition, you can independently choose whether to develop it yourself or choose a third-party chip to maintain the best competitiveness of your product.

Therefore, some analysts believe that Honor’s establishment of a new company whose business scope includes chip design may imply that Honor is about to get involved in self-developed chips.

In this regard, Honor officially told IT House exclusively: Shanghai Honor Intelligent Technology Development Co., Ltd. is Honor’s research institute in Shanghai and one of Honor’s five research centers in China. Its focus is on terminal-side core software, graphics algorithms, Research and development work in communications, photography, etc. Honor adheres to user-centeredness, open innovation, and works with global partners to provide users with the best product solutions.