Numerous rumors suggest that Xiaomi will introduce the powerful Xiaomi 15 Ultra at the beginning of this year. The upcoming smartphone may have a chip produced by the company itself. Information from That_Kartikey indicates that the model will feature a Xiaomi chip codenamed “Small Surge”, but there are few details about it.
As the informant himself explained in the publication, Specifications for this platform are unknown. However, it is useful to remember that In 2017, Xiaomi released its first chip. S1 looksFor the Mi 5c smartphone, the reception was not that good and the company realized that the costs involved in the operation did not provide the desired return.
Since then, Xiaomi has used chips from partners like Qualcomm and MediaTek, but a Bloomberg report in 2024 suggested that this initiative had been reactivated. Even so, the speculation has some loose ends. Small Ripple includes the Xiaomi 15 Ultra chip, a camera component, a connectivity module, some AI parts, etc. it could be..
Exclusive: Xiaomi 15 Ultra has the new mysterious Small Surge chip, which is Self-Developed. Specification unknown~
— Kartikey Singh (@That_Kartikey) January 17, 2025
Although the term chip is often used to refer to the processor of a product, there are many chips inside electronic devices. So it’s good to align expectations.
Xiaomi 15 Ultra was rumored to have Qualcomm chip
Also in August 2024, tipster Yogesh Brar published one of the first major leaks of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. In that case, An insider pointed out that the model will have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipIt was later made official by Qualcomm under the name Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Brar is a more accurate source than Kartikey, so there is a lot of conflicting information in these rumors. What should actually be true is about the 15 Ultra’s cameras. with module A set of 200-megapixel main sensor and three other 50 MP lenses.
The full presentation of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra will take place during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in early March.
Source: Tec Mundo

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