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Xiaomi 18 Fold reportedly debuts CXMT LPDDR6 DRAM and in-house 3nm Xring O3 SoC in September
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Xiaomi and CXMT announce the Xiaomi 18 Fold smartphone will integrate CXMT’s LPDDR6 DRAM alongside Xiaomi’s custom 3nm Xring O3 SoC at launch
This marks the first commercial deployment of LPDDR6 memory from a Chinese supplier and Xiaomi’s first in-house 3nm silicon. For engineers, it signals a shift toward vertically integrated hardware stacks and localised supply chains, but adoption costs and compatibility limits remain untested at scale.
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Xiaomi 18 Fold will use CXMT’s LPDDR6 DRAM, a first for a Chinese memory supplier in a flagship device
The smartphone also debuts Xiaomi’s in-house 3nm Xring O3 SoC, replacing third-party silicon
Launch is slated for September, setting a timeline for validation of both components in production
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