. Huawei's SOC market share dropped from 37% in the first half of 2020 to 27.2% in the second half of the year.Taiwan's MediaTek benefited from all that pent-up demand. The chip designer took advantage of Huawei and Qualcomm's woes, and also got major Chinese smartphone makers to use its chips.and Huawei, the MediaTek share has increased a lot," CINNO Research told CNBC in a statement from its analysts.
"This not only because the excellent performance of MediaTek's mid-end platform, but also, it is undeniable that the U.S. has imposed a series of sanctions on Huawei & Hisilicon, forcing major manufacturers to seek more diversified, stable and reliable sources of supply," CINNO Research said in a press release.5G market up for grabs
"After the first year of 5G, let's take a view of the changes in China's smartphone SOC market. It shows that the market pattern has changed from a single dominant Qualcomm company in the 4G era, to a three-party pattern of Hisilicon, Qualcomm and MediaTek in 2020," CINNO Research said.