This company’s first chip is reportedly designed for smartphones. The MyDrivers resource does not currently mention whether there will be other versions (e.g. separate versions for tablets, cars or home appliances).

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The path to the development of the first chipset began with the Surge S1, which Xiaomi installed on its Mi 5c smartphone about seven years ago. Surge S2 never appeared for unknown reasons, but probably this reason was due to difficulties in the further development of its own processor, which was not a cheap and difficult process.

However, as we see, the manufacturer’s determination never weakened. According to the latest rumors; the company not only continued work on its own solution, but also successfully completed the production of the first copy.

Because the company is of Chinese origin There is a possibility that this could lead to tighter controls by the USWhile the country’s government is trying to prevent advanced chips from entering China. If at least one company there has them, that means Beijing and its entire military industry has them too. So the question arises: How can anyone make 3-nanometer chips without advanced equipment (e.g., the Netherlands’ ASML lithography machines) and collaboration with other Western companies?

It will be even more remarkable that this news is one of the first (though not the first) news announced by the chief economist of the Beijing Municipal Economic and Information Technology Bureau, that is, actually a person from China. The government is not from Xiaomi. For this reason It is possible that the company has begun to cooperate with authorities, although it has always denied this in order to avoid sanctions. Official Tang Jianguo described the event as historic for China, as if underlining the state’s involvement.

It is possible that Xiaomi will launch its chip next year, but it is still unknown what technologies it is based on.