The Xiaomi XRING 01 is the company's first smartphone processor
Xiaomi recently made a historic announcement about the development of its first smartphone processor, the XRING 01, marking a significant milestone in the market. After years of speculation, the company's CEO, Lei Jun, officially confirmed the name and launch date of this processor in a statement on his Weibo account.
According to the executive, the chip will be available in late May, marking a significant moment for the brand in its strategy of technological independence from various suppliers. But that's not all: In parallel, Xiaomi is preparing to launch the Xiaomi 16 series and the Civi 5 Pro, two devices that, while impressive in their own right, also reveal the strategic challenges facing the company.
The confirmation of this processor's arrival is no coincidence. Lei Jun revealed that the project began in September 2014, just four years after Xiaomi's founding. In fact, this reality is fundamental: while giant companies like Huawei and Samsung have been investing in semiconductor research and development for decades, Xiaomi has accelerated its efforts to reduce its dependence on external suppliers like Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Although official specifications have not yet been revealed, available data indicates that the processor is built using TSMC's N4P node (4nm), which would place it at the highest level of manufacturing. According to sources close to the project, the XRING 01 processor will feature an octa-core (1, 3, 4) configuration.
1 Cortex-X925 core at 3.2 GHz for intensive tasks.
3 Cortex-A725 cores at 2.6 GHz to balance performance and efficiency.
4 Cortex-A520 cores at 2 GHz focus on power efficiency.
In terms of graphics, everything indicates that it will feature an Imagination Technologies IMG DXT72 GPU clocked at 1.3 GHz, a component that, according to initial tests, could outperform the Adreno 740 in Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. If these numbers are confirmed, it will compete with current high-end SoCs.