20-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Tech war: Xiaomi's new 3-nanometre chip takes on rival products from Apple, Qualcomm
In a Tuesday post on Chinese microblogging site
Weibo , Lei confirmed local media reports that the XRing O1 was based on the 3-nanometre lithography process in semiconductor manufacturing. He also said the new integrated circuit (IC) would be installed in the company's new 15S Pro smartphone and the Pad 7 Ultra tablet.
Xiaomi did not provide more information about the XRing O1, especially which contract semiconductor manufacturer was producing the locally designed mobile SoC. Semiconductor foundries in mainland China are not able to mass produce 3-nm chips owing to
US tech restrictions
Still, Xiaomi has become the fourth tech company in the world to design a 3-nm mobile SoC for mass production after
Apple
Qualcomm and
MediaTek
The Beijing-based smartphone giant did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
