Xiaomi Unveils In-House XringO1 Chipset To Rival Apple, Huawei: What We Know So Far
Like Apple, Xiaomi hopes that the new chipset will boost its ecosystem integration while enhancing user experience.
Chinese smartphone Xiaomi has unveiled its in-house XringO1 chipset, signalling a renewed push into mobile chip design as it aims to compete with Apple and Huawei.
A move that will power Xiaomi smartphones, the company hopes that its new chipset will boost its ecosystem integration and enhance user experience. Huawei and Apple have been leveraging their own custom-designed chips to create tightly integrated ecosystems. Now, Xiaomi’s XringO1 is expected to do the same for its smartphones.
Reports indicated that the chipset will be unveiled later this month, with Xiaomi eventually planning to use it as a mobile chip in premium consumer electronics. XringO1 was developed using Xiaomi’s internal chip design unit using ARM's architecture, PatentlyApple website reported. It has been manufactured by the world's largest contract chipmaker using its advanced 3-nm node.
CEO Lei Jun has said that the company will be investing $6.9 billion over the next 10 years to develop its own chips. With the move, Xiaomi is eyeing to reduce its reliance on external designers such as MediaTek and Qualcomm.
According to a report by The Verge, Xiaomi’s flagship phone chip is a rival to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite. It features a 10-core CPU setup, surpassing many rivals. The configuration includes two high-performance Arm Cortex-X925 cores running at 3.9GHz, supported by four cores at 3.4GHz, two at 1.9GHz, and an additional two at 1.8GHz. For graphics, it uses a 16-core Immortalis-G925 GPU, offering performance on par with MediaTek’s top-tier Dimensity chip.
The Verge report added that the chip has already entered mass production. The company’s upcoming flagship products, the Xiaomi 15S Pro smartphone and the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra tablet, are likely to be the first models to feature it.
The smartphone maker has developed the in-house chip after more than a decade of research. The company has already invested nearly $1.8 billion in the project, according to reports.
