Some readers will have noticed: Xiaomi has developed its own chip for smartphones and plans to unveil it in detail this Thursday. The XRING 01 will be found in the upcoming Xiaomi 15S Pro - initial benchmarks suggest that it could deliver both more single-core and more multi-core performance than a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. Is a dispute brewing between Xiaomi and Qualcomm? Publicly, it doesn't look like it, as Qualcomm and Xiaomi have now confirmed in a press release that they have once again signed a multi-year cooperation agreement.
This means that Xiaomi's premium smartphones will continue to use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chips. This is quite piquant, as the aforementioned Xiaomi 15S Pro, which will be unveiled on Thursday, will use the Xiaomi XRING 01 as its SoC. It will also belong to the upper class. This has already been officially confirmed by the company's CEO, Lei Jun, via Weibo. Qualcomm nevertheless confirms that Xiaomi will be one of the first partners to use the next Snapdragon 8 generation for its flagships - both in China and internationally.
However, it is probably no coincidence that Qualcomm and Xiaomi are releasing a press release right now emphasizing their cooperation. The announcement of the XRING 01 certainly raised questions among many readers. However, there are also other manufacturers, such as Samsung, who develop their own Exynos SoCs on the one hand and use Qualcomm chips on the other. So one does not necessarily exclude the other.
Xiaomi will therefore continue to use Snapdragon chips for smartphones, vehicles, tablets, wearables and more. In the press release, Qualcomm does not tire of listing all kinds of products from its partner that have already relied on its own SoCs in the past. However, it is also clear that Xiaomi is not developing its own chips, which cost billions to design, just for fun. Of course, the company also wants to become more independent.
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