In a significant move towards technological self-reliance, Xiaomi introduced its first in-house mobile processor, the Xring O1, on Thursday, according to a new report from Bloomberg. This development positions the Chinese tech giant to compete directly with its rivals like Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek.
The Xring O1 is manufactured using TSMC’s advanced 3nm system-on-chip (SoC), Xiaomi’s first self-developed flagship SoC built on a 3 nm process. It has 19 billion transistors and a 10-core CPU architecture. It includes two high-performance Arm Cortex-X925 cores that clock at 3.9GHz.
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The Tech Behind
Complementing this is a 16-core Immortalis-G925 GPU, designed to deliver top-tier graphics performance. Xiaomi claims the chip achieves 3 million points on AnTuTu benchmarks, indicating robust power efficiency and processing capabilities.
This chip will debut in Xiaomi’s latest devices, the 15S Pro smartphone and the Pad 7 Ultra tablet, marking the company’s entry into the high-performance chipset arena.
“We also want to become one of the top chipmakers, with our phones targeting iPhones, can our chips also be compared against those of Apple’s?” the company said.
While Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun, acknowledged that the Xring chip falls short of Apple’s chipset in certain areas, such as processor speed, he emphasized that it represents a significant milestone for Xiaomi’s young chip design team.
Long Journey Till Here
Lei Jun announced a decade-long investment plan to advance chip development by investing 200 billion yuan ($27.8 billion) in research and development over the next five years. This initiative aims to reduce Xiaomi’s dependence on external suppliers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek, supporting China’s broader strategy for semiconductor self-sufficiency.
The introduction of the Xring O1 not only improves Xiaomi’s competitiveness in the smartphone market but also lays the groundwork for future innovations in connected devices and electric vehicles (EVs).
