BARCELONA – In a surprise announcement the night before the
Mobile World Congress opens here, Huawei Devices showed what it claims were the world's fastest handsets and tablets, using a new quad-core applications processor designed by its chip division. Huawei said its K3V2 chip significantly outperforms the competition, including Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra3.
The 1.2-1.5 GHz K3V2 was a two-year project of
Huawei’s HiSilicon division. Officials said the chip delivers 30 to 50 percent more performance than the Tegra3 across a range of benchmarks.
A 64-bit memory bus--twice the width of the Tegra3--is one of the main factors in the performance of the K3V2, said Jerry Su, chief architect of the chip. Built in a TSMC 40 nm low power process, the chip fits in a 12x12mm package. Su said Huawei is willing to sell the chip as a merchant part to other handset makers.
The 40 nm Huawei K3V2 fits in a 12x12 mm package.