Xiaomi successfully “tapes out” China’s first 3nm smartphone chip
Xiaomi has been rumored to be working on its very own smartphone chip for a while now. Looks like the company has now reached an important milestone.
A report by Chinese media MyDrivers suggests that Xiami has successfully “taped out” the country’s first 3nm smartphone SoC.
The announcement came from the Chief Economist of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology on BRTV, a government-owned television network in China. Below is the announcement video of the same, in Chinese of course, posted by an X user.
Xiaomi’s own smartphone SoC?
The report doesn’t provide details about the CPU or GPU and only mentions that it is a 3nm chip. It also doesn’t specify whether Xiaomi is using TSMC, Samsung, or another node for production.
However, the “tape-out” process in silicon design means the chip has reached the final stage before it’s sent to the manufacturing facility for production. In other words, Xiaomi has successfully completed the design phase and the chip is now ready for fabrication.
Source: https://www.gizmochina.com/2024/10/21/xiaomi-successfully-tape-out-chinas-first-3nm-smartphone-chip/
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Interesting, so Xiaomi is stepping up on the game too, UNISOC on the other side they taped on 4 nm.
Considering that Xiaomi did the same.. maybe Xiaomi will release 2 in house chips? one with 4nm and one with 3nm process?