Xiaomi partners with Leadcore for its own custom-designed chipset

Nowadays, some smartphone manufactures like Samsung, Apple and Huawei are making use of their own custom-designed chipsets in their smartphones and according to reports coming out of China, Xiaomi is prepping to do the same. The Chinese manufacturers wants to make its smartphones standout by using its own custom-designed chipsets and cutting its dependencies on chipmakers like Qualcomm and MediaTek.

However, instead of building a design team from the ground up, Xiaomi teamed up with Leadcore to create its own chipset. Leadcore's president, Marshal Cheng, revealed in an interview that Xiaomi and Leadcore are actively working on three different levels, which are "Patent, Technology and Product". While he didn't give more technical details about Xiaomi's upcoming SoC, Cheng added that Xiaomi's decision to switch to its own custom-designed chipset solution was "inevitable".

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