Huawei Technologies has launched its first desktop computer running its own HarmonyOS, touting it as “100 per cent domestically made”, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. The Qinyun HM650 series for enterprise and government users is powered by Huawei’s self-developed Kirin X90 processor, the SCMP said.
Huawei had sold over 1 million HarmonyOS PCs as of October and expected 1.2 million by the end of this year, Zhu Dongdong, an executive at Huawei’s tablet and PC unit, said, according to the SCMP. That is 200,000 more PCs, or a 20% rise, in roughly the last two months of the year, by our arithmetic.
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The key insight: Huawei has launched its first HarmonyOS desktops, the Qinyun HM650 series on its own Kirin X90 processor, which it touts as “100 per cent domestically made”, the SCMP reported; Huawei said it had sold over 1 million HarmonyOS PCs as of October and expects 1.2 million by year end, a 20% rise by our arithmetic.
The company said the new desktop line-up used entirely China-made components, from the processor to memory modules, making it the country’s first desktop computer to receive certification as “100 per cent domestic”, according to its website, the SCMP reported. The SCMP added that “the exact scope of the certification is unclear”.
The machines run HarmonyOS V1.0, an enterprise version of Huawei’s self-developed operating system for computers, the first time Huawei has deployed the system on its desktop products, according to the company, the SCMP said. Pandaily reported that the line-up shown at the HarmonyOS Office Industry Summit in Wuhan has two models: HM650 for enterprise customers and HM650G for government buyers, both on the Kirin X90.
Zhu said the company achieved a fully domestic component rate by combining in-house development of core technologies, joint development for key parts and large-scale production of general-purpose hardware, according to an ITHome report cited by the SCMP. Pandaily, citing IT Home, reported that HarmonyOS PC applications have passed 21,000 titles.
Huawei HarmonyOS PCs sold: over 1 million as of October, with 1.2 million expected by the end of the year, per a Huawei executive as reported by the SCMP. +20% is our arithmetic.
Why Intel and Qualcomm Are Out
The SCMP wrote that Huawei has accelerated efforts to replace American technology in its PC business after Washington revoked special licences in 2024 that had allowed Qualcomm and Intel to sell older-generation semiconductors for Huawei’s laptops and smartphones. “Before Washington tightened restrictions, most Huawei consumer laptops relied on Intel’s Core processors, while some used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips”, the SCMP reported.
The Kirin X90, a central processing unit developed by Huawei’s chip-design arm HiSilicon, received a Level 2 national certification for security and reliability last year, the SCMP said, paving the way for wider adoption among government agencies and enterprise customers. For Huawei’s phone silicon, see SemiAnalysis Teardown Shows Huawei’s Two-Die Kirin 9050 Pro.
As we read the SCMP report, the desktop extends to office towers a component swap that, per the SCMP, Huawei accelerated after Washington revoked the licences that had let Intel and Qualcomm sell it older-generation chips in 2024.
As we read the two reports together, the buyers named are enterprises and government: Pandaily lists HM650 for enterprise customers and HM650G for government buyers, and the SCMP says the Kirin X90 received a Level 2 national certification that paves the way for wider adoption among government agencies and enterprise customers.
South China Morning Post, 5 November 2026
“Before Washington tightened restrictions, most Huawei consumer laptops relied on Intel’s Core processors, while some used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips”
Three Implications
FOR INTEL AND QUALCOMM Before Washington tightened restrictions, most Huawei consumer laptops used Intel Core processors and some used Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, the SCMP reported.
FOR HARMONYOS Pandaily, citing IT Home, reported that HarmonyOS PC applications have passed 21,000 titles.
FOR BUYERS Huawei targets enterprise and government users with the series, the SCMP said, and Pandaily reported one model for each.
The framework says: “It’s a fundamental constraint on the speed of AI transformation, and it’s creating geopolitical leverage that operates independently of who has the best models.”
As we read it, the framework is about minerals and processing, not PCs; we apply its idea of leverage that sits outside modelquality to the chips inside a computer, which per the SCMP Huawei now sources domestically for this desktop. The framework does not discuss Huawei.
What Is Not Established
Huawei did not immediately respond to the SCMP’s request for comment, the outlet said. The scope of the “100 per cent domestic” certification is unclear, per the SCMP. Pandaily said Huawei had not published a full public spec sheet for the desktops and that it was not treating unofficial core-count or thermal figures as confirmed. We have not read Huawei’s own launch page or the ITHome report. No price was given in the articles we read. The 200,000 and 20% figures are our arithmetic.
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Huawei has launched its first HarmonyOS desktops, the Qinyun HM650 series on the Kirin X90, which it says use entirely China-made components and is the first desktop to receive certification as “100 per cent domestic”, according to Huawei’s website, the SCMP reported. Huawei said it had sold over 1 million HarmonyOS PCs as of October and expects 1.2 million by year end.
A note on sourcing. The launch details and Huawei figures come from the South China Morning Post’s article of 5 November 2026 as we could read it; the model split, venue and app count come from Pandaily, which cites IT Home. We have not read Huawei’s own launch page. Percentages are our arithmetic.
Gennaro Cuofano is a CRO and tech executive who has worked in AI since late 2015, starting with bringing NLP, natural-language generation, voice and chatbot products to the marketing industry. His background is in law and finance: he holds a Master's degree in Law and an International MBA with an emphasis on corporate finance (LUISS Business School and the University of San Diego, 2012), and worked as a financial analyst at a real-estate investment firm in San Diego and as an assistant controller. His work focuses on business model strategy, business engineering and, more broadly, structural analysis: how companies make money, read from their own filings. He created FourWeekMBA and leads research there and at The Business Engineer, his newsletter on AI and business strategy, with over 95,000 subscribers and more than 1,000 published analyses. His writing has also appeared on Entrepreneur (for example, How to Digitize a Family Business in Europe) and HackerNoon. Find him on LinkedIn and Substack. See how we source.
