Chinese tech giant, Xiaomi, is reported to be launching its new in-house developed system-on-a-chip (SoC) in the first half (H1) of 2025. This is according to a report issued by leaker Yogesh Brar.
New Xiaomi chip to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-like performance
Xiaomi is co-developing its new chipset with Shanghai-based chipmaker Unisoc. Built on TSMC’s 4nm N4P process, the processor is said to feature a 5G modem developed by Unisoc as well.
Yogesh Brar says that the performance of the new Xiaomi chip will be close to that of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, a chipset that powered many high-end devices between 2021 and 2022. Could this mean that the new processor is designed to be fitted onto Xiaomi’s future midrange smartphones?
Thus far, Xiaomi’s lineup of smartphones has been powered by processors from the likes of Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Unisoc.
This isn’t the first time Xiaomi made its own chipset
Most of us might not remember, but this isn’t the first time Xiaomi has built its own processor. Back in 2017, Xiaomi launched the Mi 5c smartphone which featured the company’s very first in-house developed chipset named Surge S1. The SoC was an octa-core 64-bit unit, consisting of 8x Cortex A53 cores, and was based on a 28nm process.
