Soon, Xiaomi mobiles can be very different. After years of rumors, the launch of the Xiaomi processor is very close, and with this, a new era for the company that wants to be the new Apple. It will not be easy, but Xiaomi has a winning strategy: the same one he used to develop his own electric car, the Xiaomi Su7.
It is an already well known story. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, has never hidden his Admiration by Apple And its founder, Steve Jobs, and that has always been noticed in the company’s products. That explains the latest investments of Xiaomi very well, both the aforementioned electric car and the development of its own processor. And now, it has been revealed that both projects have many things in common.
As filtered @Jukanlosreve in x, The Xring project is already very advancedand there was already a functional prototype last March, identical to the final version. This fits rumors that Xiaomi prepares a great announcement for this same May, although it could be delayed for reasons without determining. Far from making the same mistakes as with its first chip, the 2017 arises, Xiaomi has adopted the same strategy as with the successful Xiaomi Su7.
Therefore, according to rumors, Xiaomi has decided to create A new independent division for the development of their own processors (via WCCFTECH). This company is separated from Xiaomi, probably similar to how its great rival in Android, Samsung, is divided into several companies that can work independently.
This structure has several advantages, but right now the main one is that it allows dodge the attention of US authoritiesin the context of the commercial war between China and the US. The last thing Xiaomi wants is to suffer the same commercial blockade that Huawei has and that prevents him from collaborating with many technological companies.
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Another advantage of having an independent company for the development of Chips is that, in theory, these can be sold to other companies; In the future, it would not be surprising that we saw Mobile of other brands with Xiaomi processor. In turn, that can convince the authorities that Xiaomi is not accumulating too much power.
This team is already composed of More than 1,000 employeesand is led by a former director of Qualcomm. Due to the enormous investment necessary to create a SOC (System-on-Chip) its own, the new company would have adopted a variety of practices to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
