Xiaomi reveals a flagship phone chip to rival the Apple A18 Pro

Right now, the biggest names in smartphone chipsets are Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, and these are the only three firms that have so far made smartphone chipsets using a 3nm (nanometer) process. But now Xiaomi is about to announce a 3nm chipset of its own this week.As a general rule, the smaller the number there, the more powerful the chipset is, and being 3nm should put the XRing 01 in competition with the likes of the A18 Pro powering the iPhone 16 Pro series and the Snapdragon 8 Elite powering the Samsung Galaxy S25 line. In short, this should be an extremely powerful chipset.In the unlikely event that the XRing 01 outperforms the Snapdragon 8 Elite then it would also be the most powerful chipset available to Android phones – and if Xiaomi keeps it exclusive to its own handsets then that could give the company a real edge. Is China Catching up in Chipset technology ?