Again in November, Xiaomi was mentioned to be engaged on its very personal self-developed smartphone chipset, with a view to scale back its reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek. This was then rumored to reach this yr, and right this moment Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has confirmed the information.
In a submit on Weibo, he unveiled the chip’s identify – it is Xuanjie O1 in Chinese language, and Xring O1 internationally, as you possibly can see under. Lei has additionally formally introduced that the chip will likely be absolutely unveiled in late Could, so we’re solely a few weeks away from studying extra about it.
If you happen to’re questioning what to anticipate from it when it comes to efficiency, prolific Chinese language leaker Digital Chat Station says it will likely be constructed on a 5nm course of. Earlier rumors talked about it having a 1+3+4 CPU, with one Cortex-X925 core, three Cortex-A725 cores, and 4 Cortex-A520 cores clocked at as much as 3.2GHz, 2.6GHz, and 2GHz, respectively, whereas a GPU from Creativeness Applied sciences will likely be used and a 5G modem from Unisoc. It should allegedly be similar to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
In fact, do take all of those specs with a hefty pinch of salt, as nothing is official simply but.
Supply 1 (in Chinese language) | Supply 2 (in Chinese language)