Xiaomi has started mass producing the Xring O1, its self-developed mobile chip, which will be used in an upcoming smartphone and tablet, according to a recent announcement by company founder Lei Jun.
The news was shared at a launch event in China and confirmed through Lei’s post on his Weibo account, as reported by Reuters. The Xring O1 marks a renewed push by Xiaomi to design its own mobile chips after earlier efforts had slowed.
The Xring O1 chip represents Xiaomi’s return to mobile chip development. The company first entered this space in 2014 and launched its Pengpai S1 chip in 2017, which was built on a 28-nm process and used in the Xiaomi 5C smartphone.
Built with ARM architecture and produced by TSMC
In 2019, Xiaomi shifted its attention to simpler chips such as image sensors and power management components, after mobile chip development became too costly. Xiaomi restarted efforts in 2021 and has now reached mass production for the Xring O1.
The Reuters report said the chip was designed by Xiaomi’s in-house chip team based on ARM architecture and is being produced by TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, using its 3-nanometer process. The source declined to be named.
The company has invested 13.5 billion yuan ($1.87 billion) to develop the Xring O1 and it plans to invest at least 50 billion yuan more in chip design over the next 10 years.
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