Huawei builds a desktop PC with a Kirin X90 CPU running HarmonyOS

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Huawei has built a desktop computer using its own chip and operating system. Tom's Hardware reports, via the South China Morning Post, on the Huawei Qinyun HM650 and HM650g desktops

They use the Kirin X90 system on a chip, with ten Arm Taishan cores in a four, four and two layout with simultaneous multithreading for 20 threads. TechInsights says it is made on SMIC's 7nm class N+2 process, which Huawei has not confirmed, and it includes a Maleoon GPU and an NPU

The machines have 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and 256GB or 512GB SSDs, with the memory and storage probably from Chinese makers CXMT and YMTC. They run HarmonyOS Enterprise Edition on Huawei's own kernel, with no Linux components

Huawei says the CPU, memory, storage, power supply and wireless parts are all made in China, although the supply chain still relies on foreign equipment, materials, IP and design software. No price was given, and the PCs are unlikely to run existing Windows software

Building a complete desktop with a home grown chip and operating system is a major engineering achievement. Software compatibility will be the biggest challenge for users moving from Windows. It will be interesting to see how well HarmonyOS handles everyday office work

Could HarmonyOS become a real alternative on desktops? And how important is software compatibility when choosing a computer?

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