Xiaomi has introduced XRING 01, the company’s new self-developed and designed mobile phone SoC. This was unveiled by the company’s CEO Lei Jun. Other than the name, he didn’t reveal any other details.
Lei Jun said that Xiaomi’s ten-year journey to build chips began in September 2014. Xiaomi introduced the Surge S1 mobile phone chip back in 2017, and made its debut on the Mi 5c smartphone, and the Surge S2 was introduced at the MWC 2018 and was expected to debut in the Mi 6X, but Xiaomi dropped the plans and chose Snapdragon 660 instead.
After 7 years, Xiaomi has returned to chip making, and the name has been changed to “XRING”. The company has moved to making Surge P series fast charging chip, G series power management chip, T series signal enhancement chip, and D series independent display chip.
Regarding the performance of the new XRING O1, leaker Digital Chat Station said that the chip’s specifications are impressive, and the actual test is better than many people expected. He added that the performance of the chip will surpass the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Xiaomi CEO has confirmed that the Xiaomi XRING 01 will be released in China by the end of May 2025.