Huawei Kirin A1 chip is made for wearables and earbuds

Huawei has started to portray an image of independence from US companies, at least as far as some hardware components go. It has touted its own Kirin system-on-chip (SoC) to rival Qualcomm’s and even Samsung’s and Apple’s on the smartphone side of things. Now it’s doing the same for wearables with the newly revealed Kirin A1. But more than just …