Xiaomi

Navitas Semiconductor announced that its GaNFast charging technology has been adopted by Xiaomi for the Mi 10 Pro smartphone, announced at a press conference on February 13, 2020. The 65W GaN charger charges the phone from 0 to 100% in 45 minutes.

Xiaomi has taken a roughly 6 percent stake in Chinese chip designer VeriSilicon Holdings, as part of its chip strategy revamp. The investment was disclosed in a filing to the CSRC in June 2019.

Xiaomi plans to set up a standalone semiconductor unit, Dayu Semiconductors, in Nanjing, transferring employees from Pinecone Electronics. Staff will own 75% of the new company, with Xiaomi holding the remaining stake.

Holitech Technology signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up a new plant in Tirupati with an investment of $200 million (Rs 1,400 crore) over three years, producing camera modules, touch screen panels, and other components exclusively for Xiaomi.

Qualcomm announced that Xiaomi, Lenovo, OPPO and Vivo have signed memorandums of understanding to buy $2 billion worth of RF front-end components for 4G and 5G over three years. The agreements were announced at the 2018 Qualcomm China Tech Day in Beijing.