There have been constant news about Xiaomi establishing a chip company Pinecone Electronics and will use its own processor in Xiaomi mobile phones, but there is a lack of "true hammer". It was not until recently that a series of news about Pinecone Electronics was exposed that it gradually confirmed that Xiaomi was going to build its own mobile phone chip.
news shows that Xiaomi will release a new phone equipped with its own pinecone processor in March - Xiaomi 5c. Pinecone Electronics' official Weibo and official website have also appeared, but there is no substantive content, only the company's contact information and other information.
Pinecone Electronics follows Redmi mobile phone and many other official Weibo posts under Xiaomi (Source: Jinglian Electronics)
However, through the National Enterprise Credit Information Disclosure System, you can find that the pledgee of Beijing Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd. is Xiaomi Communications Technology Co., Ltd. At the end of last year, media revealed that Pinecone Electronics was jointly invested and established by Xiaomi and Datang’s Lianxin .
Industry speculation that the first Pinecone chip launched by the two teams is positioned as a mid-range product, using SMIC's 28nm process (this can avoid competing with Apple and Qualcomm for advanced process chip production capacity), and its performance is about equal to Snapdragon 808.
It is reported that the Pinecone V670 processor first launched by Xiaomi 5c adopts the big.LITTLE architecture of 4×A53+4×A53, and the graphics processor is MaliT860 MP4, with a main frequency of 800MHz. It is not clear whether it will use the full network baseband. It is the first to start with mid-range chips because Xiaomi mobile phones shipped a huge amount of shipments in the mid- and low-end markets, which will help promote the market development of Pinecone chips.
Xiaomi 5c spy photos
In addition, some netizens revealed that in addition to the Pinecone V670, Xiaomi will also launch a high-end model processor - Pinecone V970 in the fourth quarter of this year. It is reported that the V970 adopts a 4×A73+4×A53 octa-core architecture, with the main frequency of the large core reaching 2.7GHz, and the small core is 2.0GHz. It is equipped with a Mali G71 MP12 graphics chip, with the main frequency of the 900MHz. Sources said that the Pinecone V970 will adopt the same 10nm process as the Snapdragon 835, and is also manufactured by Samsung. As for the first models, they are Xiaomi flagship products Xiaomi 6s and Xiaomi Note 3.
The above news has not been confirmed yet. At least it will be confirmed until the Xiaomi 5C's pinecone chip is confirmed in March. Considering the big pit of Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and the Snapdragon 835, which is exclusive to Samsung, Xiaomi will have more initiative after it has its own processor. The far-reaching significance of the independent research and development of
on Xiaomi mobile phones is:
• First of all, independent chips can enable Xiaomi to improve its bargaining power when cooperating with Qualcomm and MediaTek , and gradually get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm and MediaTek and continuously reduce costs in the future.
•Secondly, independent chips are conducive to enhancing Xiaomi’s image, especially if Xiaomi really focuses on high-end independent chips.
•Finally, the independent chip strategy is a supplement and enhancement of Xiaomi’s patent strategy. "Buy, buy, buy, buy" can solve some patent problems, but Xiaomi still needs to do more to allow mobile phone products to further enter the international market. This time, the transformation from "buy, buy, buy" to cooperating with Datang United and personally improving technology will be the "confidence" for Xiaomi mobile phone development in the future.
netizens said this
Once the news of Xiaomi's own processor was exposed, it set off a big wave on the Internet. Let's see what netizens think about this matter.
@Rice Review: If it is SMIC OEM, then it should be 28nmHKMG. 8 28nm A53 can match P10, but compared with 16nm/14nm P20/625, there must be a gap in continuous performance and power consumption. After all, the architecture is the same, the process wins, and the performance of the GPU depends on the actual specifications~
@AHuang12345: How good is independent research and development? It doesn’t matter if the performance is almost at the beginning. Take it step by step. Why bother sarcastically?
@ Arsenic is too bitter and put some sugar: Terrible! Qualcomm MediaTek, together with Samsung, Apple, Texas and Huawei, will soon be alive
@ for treatment if you have any illness: This name is so cute, how can you go to high-end in the future?
@V Weiye V who loves yip: Let’s solve the baseband first by doing soc. . .
@ CharlesExtreme: Set a small goal first to tie up with MediaTek P20, Xiaolong 625 14nm, MediaTek Helio P20 16nm, I hope Pinecone starts at least with the 16nm process, because this year Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, Huawei, and MediaTek will enter the 10nm process
@ Picky2017: Redmi's large sales will not bring a large number of orders to Pinecone. On the contrary, due to the application of Pinecone processors, the sales of Redmi phones may decline.
@ Arious Yu Ye Piaoxue: Oppo Vivo has so many people to buy, which means that few people care about what the processor is
@ Passion-ing: At least it is more conscience than Huawei. Huawei's Kirin 655 today also uses the spicy Mary T830mp2, and Xiaomi uses the T860mp4 for the first time. Regardless of the strength of performance, at least there is sincerity!
@ Domineering President Yang who lives on the Loess Plateau: The use of pinecone processors will not affect the sales of Redmi phones in the short term, and even the first-generation products may have a series of problems in compatibility. However, taking this step is of great significance to Xiaomi, which shows that Xiaomi may have the ability to get rid of Qualcomm's supply constraints in this regard, increase its product output in the season, and further compress the cost of mobile phones and launch more cost-effective models. Business behaviors are profit-seeking. Qualcomm's early support was to rapidly expand its Qualcomm solution in China, charge expensive patent fees and forcefully promote Qualcomm alliance policies. Getting rid of Qualcomm is a lot of benefits, and it is also the direction of most companies. Huawei promotes Kirin, Meizu uses MTK, and Xiaomi has also tried to get rid of Qualcomm but has not succeeded (Xiaomi 3TD). This time Xiaomi uses pinecone processor and positions mid-range individuals to be optimistic, hoping to succeed.
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