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Move over, Qualcomm and MediaTek. Here comes Xiaomi:
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal , Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is looking to join the ranks of Apple, Samsung, and Huawei by developing its own smartphone chips. The report says the move is part of "aspirations to join the top tier" of smartphone manufacturers and an attempt to stand out from the slew of other OEMs.
For now, Xiaomi's processor is apparently called "Pinecone," and it will be released "within a month" according to the report. This might be talking about the processor of the Xiaomi Mi 6, which, if Xiaomi keeps to the usual yearly release cycle, should be out sometime in March. Xiaomi's chip design division isn't coming from nowhere—using a shell company called "Beijing Pinecone Electronics," Xiaomi paid $15 million to acquire mobile processor technology from Datang subsidiary Leadcore Technology Ltd.
Also at TechCrunch and Engadget.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @09:14PM
but rather the slow and steady erosion of latin alphabet and its sounds because the best way to conquer your enemy is subtly
and subversively by taking away his written language, because like even indiana johns dad knows "the pen is mightier then the sword".
once your dubious enemies kow-tow to the promised profits, you jank the carpet and they are left in between cultural borders: on one side the united chinese front and on the other the homeland culture you have crossed for capitalistic profit once too much:
beware the chinese baring gifts!
Looks like the damage has already been done, and none too subtly.