Xiaomi wanted to join the league of Samsung, Apple, and Huawei and become one of the few smartphone manufacturers to design its own chips. In line with that, the Chinese company had launched the Surge S1 chip in 2017 and that is the only smartphone processor launched by the firm so far.
The company recently launched the Surge C1 chip for image signal processing that is used in Mi MIX Fold. While it was believed that Xiaomi has given up on chip manufacturing, it turns out that that is not the case.
As per the latest report, Xiaomi is recruiting new people as it eyes reorganization of the team for the chip production to re-enter the market. Apart from that, it has also started the process of license negotiations with IP providers.
A person familiar with the matter says that while Xiaomi’s aim is to make chips for mobile phones, the next chip getting launched by the company may not be related to phones as it may start with a peripheral chip.
Xiaomi had established a wholly-owned subsidiary named Beijing Songguo Electronics in 2014 to enter the chip manufacturing industry and after three years, the company launched its first-ever smartphone chip — Surge S1.
After the launch of Surge S1 in 2017, nothing was heard from this department for a long time until the company launched the Surge C1 image signal processing chip this year. However, Lei Jun, Founder and CEO of Xiaomi recently said that despite setbacks, the development of chips will continue.
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