Lei Jun, Chairman of Xiaomi Group, introduced the company’s new smartphone SoC chip, Xiaomi Xuanjie 01: "Adopting the second-generation 3nm process technology, striving to join the first-tier flagship experience."

Lei Jun stated that as of the end of April this year, after over four years of development, cumulative R&D investment in Xuanjie has exceeded 13.5 billion RMB. Currently, the R&D team has grown to over 2,500 members, and this year’s R&D investment is projected to surpass 6 billion RMB.

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This year marks the 15th anniversary of Xiaomi’s founding.

As early as 11 years ago, in 2014, we embarked on our chip development journey.

In September 2014, the Surge project was initiated. In 2017, Xiaomi’s first smartphone chip, the "Surge S1," debuted, targeting the mid-to-high-end market. Later, due to various challenges, we paused the development of large SoC chips. However, we preserved the spark of chip R&D and shifted focus to "small chips." Since then, Xiaomi has released a series of specialized chips, including fast-charging chips, battery management chips, imaging chips, and antenna enhancement chips, gradually accumulating expertise across different technological domains.

Over the years, many Mi fans have repeatedly asked: "Is Xiaomi still pursuing large-scale chips?" Online rumors and skepticism about the Surge SoC’s discontinuation have persisted. But I want to emphasize: these are not our "dark chapters"—they are milestones on our journey.

In early 2021, we made two critical decisions: to enter the automotive industry and to relaunch the "large-chip" business, resuming smartphone SoC development.

Xiaomi has always harbored a "chip dream." To become a great hardcore technology company, mastering chip technology is an unavoidable challenge and a summit we must conquer. We thoroughly reflected on lessons from our first chip endeavor and realized that only by developing high-end flagship SoCs can we truly grasp advanced chip technologies and better support our premiumization strategy.

From the outset, Xuanjie set ambitious goals: cutting-edge process technology, flagship-level transistor density, and first-tier performance and energy efficiency.

Recognizing the immense difficulty of chip development, we established a long-term investment plan: commit to at least a decade of sustained investment, totaling at least 50 billion RMB, progressing steadily and strategically.

Over four years, as of April this year, cumulative R&D investment in Xuanjie has surpassed 13.5 billion RMB. The R&D team now exceeds 2,500 members, with this year’s investment projected to exceed 6 billion RMB. I believe this scale—both in R&D spending and team size—places Xiaomi among the top three in China’s semiconductor design sector. Without unwavering determination, courage, and substantial technical resources, Xuanjie would not have reached this stage.

Today, we present our first achievement: Xiaomi Xuanjie 01, built on the second-generation 3nm process technology, striving to deliver a first-tier flagship experience.

Though Xiaomi’s chip journey spans 11 years, compared to industry peers, we are still at the starting line. Chips represent a core battleground for Xiaomi’s breakthrough in hardcore technologies, and we will spare no effort.

Here, we humbly ask for your continued patience and support as we persist in this challenging exploration.

The Xuanjie 01 is scheduled to debut alongside the Xiaomi SUV model YU7 and the Xiaomi 15S Pro flagship smartphone at Xiaomi’s Strategic New Product Launch on May 22nd at 19:00.