Xiaomi’s Custom “Xring 01” Chip Set For May Debut
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Multiple reports and leaks for a few months now have suggested that Xiaomi is returning to chipset development. Recently, a leak revealed some information regarding the potential performance of the company’s next in-house SoC. Now, Xiaomi’s co-founder, Lei Jun, has confirmed on Weibo that the brand will launch a custom smartphone chip, named the XRING 01. In addition, the Xiaomi executive has revealed that the company will announce the XRING 01 chip later this month.
After the Surge S1 in 2017, Xiaomi is once again getting into the chip business
In his Weibo post, Jun said that Xiaomi’s self-developed and designed mobile phone chip, the XRING 01, will launch by the end of May. Unfortunately, the brand executive hasn’t shared anything else regarding the hardware.
However, the tipster Yogesh Brar claimed in August last year that the XRING 01 would be on par with 2022’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or 8 Gen 2 chipsets. Brar also suggested that Xiaomi will manufacture its next in-house chip using TSMC’s 4nm fabrication technology. Furthermore, the tipster claimed that the Xiaomi chip would have a 5G modem from UNISOC.
A recent leak from China suggested that the Xiaomi XRING 01 could feature a 1+3+4 CPU core setup. It could have a super-fast prime core with a clock speed of 3.2 GHz, three performance cores ticking at 2.5 GHz, and four power-sipping efficiency cores humming at 2.0 GHz. Since nothing is official yet, we advise you to take the configuration leak with a pinch of salt for now.
Xiaomi’s 15S Pro could be the first to utilize the XRING 01 chip
While the company is yet to officially confirm anything, the Xiaomi 15S Pro could be the first phone from the brand to utilize the XRING 01 chipset. Xiaomi seems to be preparing for a mid-cycle refresh with the 15S soon after globally launching the Xiaomi 15 and 15 Ultra smartphones.
If the leaks are accurate, Xiaomi is developing the 15S Pro under the codename “dijun.” It could retain the LEICA-tuned camera system from the Xiaomi 15 Pro. It could also share a lot of other hardware features with the Xiaomi 15 series devices. We are halfway through May, and we’ll hear more about this XRING 01-powered device very soon.
