Surge
Developer	Xiaomi
Manufacturer	TSMC
Type	System on chips
Introduction	February 28, 2017 (announced)
Architecture	Performance ARM SoC
ISA	ARMv8
µarch	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73
Word size	64 bit 8 octets 16 nibbles
Process	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm , 10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm
Technology	CMOS
Clock	1,400 MHz-2,200 MHz

Surge is a family of 64-bit performance ARM system-on-chips designed by Xiaomi and launched in 2017. Development for the custom chips was done by Xiaomi's subsidiary Pinecone. Surge processors are used in Xiaomi's own smartphones.

History

Xiaomi was founded in April of 2010 and has been using other ARM processors for their mobile from various vendors such as Qualcomm and Nvidia. In 2015 Xiaomi established, Pinecone, a new subsidiary for the sole purpose of designing their own chips in-house to allow for higher integration in their devices. In February of 2017 Xiaomi announced their first chip in their Surge family, the S1 with a flagship S2 model to be introduced in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Members

	List of Kaby Lake-based Core i5 Desktop Processors
	Main processor					IGP
Model	Launched	Process	C	T	Freq	Name	Freq	Turbo Freq
S1		28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	8	8	1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz 2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz			Mali-T860
S2		10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	8	8				Mali-G71
Count: 2

See also

• Apple Ax
• Samsung Exynos
• Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Intel Atom