1. ARM based
2. 3nm (I don't think SMIC can do 3nm. it's either TSMC or Samsung, right?)
"It will take some comfort in the fact that just this week the two companies signed a multi-year agreement for Xiaomi phones to keep using Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8-series chips, but there can’t be much doubt that Xiaomi’s long-term plan is to go it alone. After all, if Apple can, why can’t Xiaomi?"
Everyone seems to be gunning for their own custom chips.
It started in smartphones and is trickling down to PCs and servers. Where will Intel/AMD or Qualcomm/MediaTek be in 10 years when everyone and their grandma is making chips based on ARM?
Big Winner = Masayoshi Son?
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2. 3nm (I don't think SMIC can do 3nm. it's either TSMC or Samsung, right?)
"It will take some comfort in the fact that just this week the two companies signed a multi-year agreement for Xiaomi phones to keep using Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8-series chips, but there can’t be much doubt that Xiaomi’s long-term plan is to go it alone. After all, if Apple can, why can’t Xiaomi?"
Everyone seems to be gunning for their own custom chips.
It started in smartphones and is trickling down to PCs and servers. Where will Intel/AMD or Qualcomm/MediaTek be in 10 years when everyone and their grandma is making chips based on ARM?
Big Winner = Masayoshi Son?
Xiaomi’s first flagship phone chip is a genuine Snapdragon 8 Elite rival
The Xring O1 isn’t here to play.
www.theverge.com
