Xiaomi Announces the Surge S1, Its First Mobile Processor

[cdmagurus.com]

http://img.phonescoop.com/img/a/f/18825_200_a_85164e81f2e1b5f7829e9e2b5bccc337.jpg?b hbavr=1Xiaomi today showed off the Surge S1, a mobile processor that it developed in-house. Only a handful of companies make their own processors, including Apple, Huawei, and Samsung. Doing so allows for a higher level of integration when compared to using a chip designed by Qualcomm or MediaTek. The Surge S1 is an octa-core SoC with four ARM Cortex A53 cores at 2.2 GHz and four A53 cores at 1.4 GHz. It is pared with the Mali T-860 MP4 GPU for 4K video, and a 32-bit DSP with 16kHz sampling for high-quality VoLTE voice calls. The chip is already in production and, in fact, Xiaomi said it forms the engine in its new Mi 5c smartphone. The 5c is a minor update to last year's Mi 5. It is a China-only Android device with a 5.15-inch full HD screen, 12-megapixel main camera, 8-megapixel selfie camera, 3 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, and 2,860mAh battery. It reaches China March 3 for about $220.


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