Huawei is said to be working on an SoC that will end Qualcomm's reign over the Android SoC market. The chipset, supposedly the Kiirin 1020, is touted to offer twice the performance of the current Kirin 970.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Purported-Kirin-1020-to-end-the-current-Snapdragon-dominance.309766.0.html
Kirin 970 was announced with an NPU first but Apple's A11 was the first to ship.
Quote from: S.Yu on June 23, 2018, 17:01:52
Kirin 970 was announced with an NPU first but Apple's A11 was the first to ship.
Thanks for pointing that out. Wouldn't say it invalidates the original statement, though.