Huawei launched its first desktop computer powered by its own HarmonyOS on Thursday, calling it "100 per cent domestically made." The Qinyun HM650 series is aimed at enterprise and government users and runs on the Kirin X90 processor, which Huawei developed in-house and first used in its consumer laptops and tablets last year. Huawei says every component, from the processor to the memory modules, is made in China, and that the line is the country's first desktop to be certified as fully domestic. The scope of that certification is unclear. The machines run HarmonyOS V1.0, an enterprise version of the system, which Huawei is deploying on desktops for the first time.

Zhu Dongdong, an executive in Huawei's tablet and PC unit, said at a launch event in Wuhan that the company got to a fully domestic component rate through three steps: in-house work on core technologies, joint development of key parts with partners, and large-scale production of general-purpose hardware. Zhu said the company had sold more than 1 million HarmonyOS PCs as of October and expects 1.2 million by year-end.

The push follows US sanctions. Washington revoked special licences in 2024 that let Intel and Qualcomm sell older-generation chips to Huawei, and before the restrictions most Huawei laptops ran on Intel Core processors, with some using Qualcomm's Snapdragon. The Kirin X90, designed by Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, earned a Level 2 national certification for security and reliability last year, which opens the door to wider use in government agencies and enterprise.

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