Xiaomi plans to show off its first homemade phone chip next month, likely on May 20 or later. The chip will be named Xring. A tipster warns that this date might change. The company already shared some details about what this chip can do. The Chinese tech maker wants to rely less on other chip companies.
Xring will use TSMC's 4nm manufacturing process instead of the newer 3nm technology. It will feature ARM's latest CPU designs with a fast Cortex-X925 core running at 3.20GHz. Making chips with the newest 3nm process costs millions of dollars. Xiaomi might also worry about possible U.S. trade restrictions like those affecting Huawei. These factors probably led to their choice of the older chip design.
We still need more information about the Xring chip. A May announcement would create more competition among phone chip makers. This move could mark the start or end of Xiaomi, depending on companies like Qualcomm and MediaTek. The Xring will compete against upcoming chips from Qualcomm and MediaTek later this year.
Xring will use TSMC's 4nm manufacturing process instead of the newer 3nm technology. It will feature ARM's latest CPU designs with a fast Cortex-X925 core running at 3.20GHz. Making chips with the newest 3nm process costs millions of dollars. Xiaomi might also worry about possible U.S. trade restrictions like those affecting Huawei. These factors probably led to their choice of the older chip design.
We still need more information about the Xring chip. A May announcement would create more competition among phone chip makers. This move could mark the start or end of Xiaomi, depending on companies like Qualcomm and MediaTek. The Xring will compete against upcoming chips from Qualcomm and MediaTek later this year.
