Huawei unveils high-performance CPU

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd unveiled a high-performance chip for servers on Monday as part of its broader push to expand presence in the semiconductor sector.

The move also marks that Huawei has joined players including Qualcomm Inc to build server chips based on the ARM architecture for data centers, a booming market dominated by Intel's x86-based processors.

Huawei's ARM-based central processing unit, called Kunpeng 920, is designed to better meet the exponentially growing demand for bigger computing capabilities while slashing power consumption.