In recent years, in addition to Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo have also begun to increase investment in the chip field. Although it is not as good as the technology giant Huawei, compared with OPPO and vivo, Xiaomi is still slightly ahead. As early as 2017, Xiaomi released and mass-produced its first SOC surging S1. By March 2021, Xiaomi has released another ISP chip, the Surging C1, and built it into the Mix FOLD, a Xiaomi folding screen phone. Today, Xiaomi announced that its third self-developed chip, the Surging P1, has been mass-produced and will be launched on the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro.
The surging P1 is a charging chip, due to its addition, Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro for the first time to achieve the coexistence of large-capacity batteries and high-speed fast charging, and filled the industry gap of 100W+ single battery. The Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro is equipped with 120W surging second charge technology, and adopts a single-cell design, and a large battery is tucked under the thin and light body.
So is it better to have a single cell, or is it stronger to have a double cell? In fact, as far as the use of small space of mobile phones is concerned, a single battery cell can have a larger battery capacity under the same physical strength, that is, it can save space and make the mobile phone more light and thin. Single cell density is large, but it is not easy to do high-rate high-power charging, so now the mobile phones charged with more than 100W power on the market are used with dual cells, and now Xiaomi relies on the surging P1 independently developed, and the single battery cell is directly dried to 120W.
In the research and development of the surging P1, Xiaomi has also invested a lot in manpower, financial resources and time, the project lasted 18 months, and the four major R& D centers worked together, costing 100 million. It can be seen that it looks like a small chip, and the research and development road behind it is not easy.
In addition, in response to questions from netizens, Lei Jun mentioned: "In addition to the three chips of S1/C1/P1, we will firmly continue to increase investment in research and development, and Xiaomi chips will move forward step by step." ”
It is expected that in the future, we can see the emergence of more and more domestic chips, "a single branch is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in the spring garden." Domestic chip refueling !!!