Qualcomm and Xiaomi extend their partnership: Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 in sight
Xiaomi presented his first house mobile chip last week, the XRING 01. This chipset Engraved in 4 Nm is essentially dedicated to mid -range smartphones, currently provided with Qualcomm or Mediatek references. What to threaten the relationship that the Chinese manufacturer maintains with one of its flagship partners, Qualcomm? Not enough to worry about, according to the American founder, who silence the concerns in a communication Published this May 20 if nothing guarantees that the affordable models of Xiaomi will be equipped with SOC Qualcomm in the future, the partnership of these two big names in the telephony remains topical.
As is the case with Models 15 And 15 Ultraavailable since this spring 2025 with their snapdragon 8 elite chip, but also their elders, the premium smartphones of Xiaomi will continue to be provided with chipsets high -end Qualcomm. The duo announces “Extend its collaboration with a multi-annual agreement intended to be at the forefront of innovation for premium smartphones”. And Qualcomm does not intend to be satisfied with mobile terminals: “We are looking forward to consolidating our collaboration in the automobile, the connected house, the Wearables, the Ar/VR glasses, the tablets and more”he says. We are of course thinking of the next generations of vehicles that will succeed the SU7.
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The next Snapdragon 8 is already relevant
It is not surprisingly that Qualcomm already mentions the integration of its next generation of Snapdragon of serial 8, for the moment nicknamed Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Xiaomi is usually one of the first American partners to equip its smartphones with the last premium chips of Qualcomm, as had been the case of the Xiaomi 15, announced in China at the end of October 2024, a week after the presentation of the presentation of Snapdragon 8 Elite during the Snapdragon Summit 2024.
The formalization of the Xiaomi 16 may well take place earlier, since Qualcomm has just confirmed, on the occasion of the Computex currently underway in Taipeithat its 2025 edition would take place from September 23 to 25. He adds that “Xiaomi will be one of the first to adopt the next generation of Snapdragon 8 Premium series which will be presented later this year, in China and internationally”. It is therefore better to prepare for an autumn loaded in ads.
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