Shanghai HiSilicon = Xiao HiSilicon = original terminal chip business department + HiSilicon short range.
First of all, we must distinguish between the two concepts of "big thoughts" and "small thoughts". Huawei's brand Huawei HiSilicon is divided into "Big HiSilicon" and "Little HiSilicon". "HiSilicon" refers to Huawei's "HiSilicon Semiconductor and Device Business Department", also often called "HiSilicon". As early as 2004, Huawei registered "HiSilicon" in Shenzhen as "Shenzhen HiSilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
"Little HiSilicon" refers to Huawei's "Terminal Chip Business Department", which is also often called "Terminal Chip". It actually belongs to CBG (Consumer BG) and is not included in HiSilicon. under.
For a long time in history, "Little HiSilicon" and "Shanghai HiSilicon" were actually two concepts that had little to do with each other. However, in 2018, Huawei registered "Xiao HiSilicon" as "Shanghai HiSilicon Technology Co., Ltd." in Shanghai, which created a direct connection between "Xiao HiSilicon" and "Shanghai HiSilicon".
It is worth mentioning that when Huawei established "Shanghai HiSilicon", it also assigned "HiSilicon Short Range", the "big internet celebrity" department under HiSilicon's connection chip development department, to terminals. Chip business department, so the current HiSilicon is actually larger than the previous HiSilicon. Although "Shanghai HiSilicon" is registered in Shanghai, the headquarters of "Shanghai HiSilicon" is actually also in Shenzhen (including Dongguan).
The chips of "Daisi" are generally used by Huawei itself and are not sold outside. The main products are: Kirin series, Balong series, Tiangang series, Kunpeng series, Shengteng series, etc. "Daisi" generally uses international advanced chip manufacturing processes, mostly based on 14nm and below processes. For example, Huawei's last generation Kirin chip, Kirin 9000, was equipped with the most advanced TSMC 5nm process at the time.
"Xiao HiSilicon" is mainly engaged in external supply services. The chips are mainly sold to other manufacturers. The main products are: Lingxiao series, low-end Balong series, Boudica series, etc. The main chip categories are: set-top box chips and Security monitoring chip. The chip manufacturing process used by "Xiao HiSilicon" is somewhat backward, mostly based on 28nm and above processes.
In 2022, Huawei will make large-scale adjustments to the company's organizational structure. Before the structural adjustment, "Big HiSilicon" was called "HiSilicon Semiconductor and Device Business Department" and belonged to the 2012 Laboratory; "Little HiSilicon" was called "Terminal Chip Business Department" and belonged to CBG (Consumer BG).
Because the company name of "Daisi" is registered as "Shenzhen HiSilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd.", it is sometimes called "Shenzhen HiSilicon"; because the company name of "Xiao HiSilicon" is "Shanghai HiSilicon Technology Co., Ltd." is therefore sometimes called "Shanghai HiSilicon".
However, CBG was split during this structural adjustment: the main part of CBG was renamed Terminal BG, and the "Terminal Chip Business Department" under CBG was also upgraded from a second-level department to a first-level department. , its new name is "Shanghai HiSilicon".
At the same time, when Huawei established "Shanghai HiSilicon", it also assigned "HiSilicon Short Range", the "big internet celebrity" department under HiSilicon's connection chip development department, to the terminal chip business department. , so the current HiSilicon is actually larger than the previous HiSilicon.
That is to say, we can roughly understand it like this: Xiao HiSilicon = Shanghai HiSilicon = original terminal chip business department + HiSilicon short range, and HiSilicon = Shenzhen HiSilicon = HiSilicon Semiconductor and Devices Business Department. However, since both HiSilicon and HiSilicon have sites in many cities, if we use the term "city + HiSilicon", it will bring a lot of conceptual misleading.
Then, about the concept of "HiSilicon". Since "Little HiSilicon" was previously called "Terminal Chip Business Department", people used to call "Big HiSilicon" "HiSilicon" and "Little HiSilicon" "Terminal Chip".
Shanghai HiSilicon Technology Co., Ltd. was actually only registered in 2018, so "Shanghai HiSilicon" and "HiSilicon Shanghai" were actually the same thing for a long time. But later, due to the emergence of the concept of Shanghai HiSilicon Technology Co., Ltd., conceptual confusion slowly emerged.
It is generally believed as follows: Shanghai HiSilicon = Little HiSilicon, HiSilicon Shanghai = Shanghai branch of Big HiSilicon, so the two are indeed no longer the same thing today.
In fact, it is Xiao HiSilicon that is independent this year, which means that Xiao HiSilicon has become a first-level department, while DaSi (the real HiSilicon) still belongs to the 2012 laboratory. Therefore, the answer to this question is also no, HiSilicon is not independent. Shanghai HiSilicon = Xiao HiSilicon = original terminal chip business department + HiSilicon short range.