Weekly Dose of China Tech [9.14.2026]
BYD reached 1,000 orders in Japan within two weeks of launching a tiny electric kei-car on July 28, the fastest order ramp for any BYD model in that market, as the company crossed 50% overseas revenue…
BYD reached 1,000 orders in Japan within two weeks of launching a tiny electric kei-car on July 28, the fastest order ramp for any BYD model in that market, as the company crossed 50% overseas revenue…
Arm's first AI-native mobile GPU, the Mali G2-Ultra NX, has reached a shipping device in Xiaomi's 18 Fold, launched in China on September 7 with the Xring O3 chip. The GPU supports neural upscaling an…
Arm has unveiled the Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU with AI-powered 'neural graphics' features, debuting in Xiaomi's 18 Fold phone in China, which Arm claims can deliver up to four times the framerate and exten…
Xiaomi unveiled the exterior design of its upcoming Xiaomi 18 Fold, introducing a new 'mid-fold' form factor with a 5.38-inch outer display and a 7.58-inch inner display. The device, scheduled to laun…
Xiaomi has scheduled its autumn flagship product event for 7 p.m. Beijing time on Sept. 7, where it is expected to launch the Xiaomi 18 Fold foldable phone, the Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max tablet and three S…
Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Xring O3 3nm AI processor for smartphones, scheduled to debut in September aboard its Xiaomi 18 Fold, alongside a 6nm Xring O100 AI accelerator and a 3nm Xring D100 chip f…
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun revealed that the company's Xring O3 chip contains a hidden 60-micron 'OK' hand gesture etched into the silicon, symbolizing 'everything is OK.' The Xring O3, unveiled on Aug. 2…
Xiaomi unveiled its second in-house smartphone processor, the Xring O3, as it seeks greater control over key components and reduced reliance on external suppliers. TSMC is expected to manufacture the …
Xiaomi's new Xring O3 CPU matches Apple's cores in single-threaded performance and is much faster in multithreaded tasks, scoring 3,945 in Geekbench single-core and 15,221 in multi-core. The chip feat…
Xiaomi unveiled three TSMC-fabbed Xring chips, including the 3nm O3 flagship phone SoC, the 6nm O100 NPU for on-device MiMo LLM, and the 3nm D100 for autonomous driving, aiming to reduce reliance on Q…