Xiaomi can continue to use Qualcomm chips, but because of the sanctions imposed by the US government on Huawei, Qualcomm and other US chip manufacturers have to comply with relevant legal provisions, resulting in the supply chain of Xiaomi and other Chinese mobile phone manufacturers affected.
In order to reduce the dependence on US chips, Xiaomi has begun to strengthen its own research and development of chips, and launched its own research and development of chips Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 870. Although Xiaomi is still using Qualcomm chips, it may gradually reduce its dependence on American chips in the future.
Xiaomi can also use Qualcomm chips.
Qualcomm is strong, but Qualcomm also needs to find a pioneer in the Chinese market, and this pioneer can only be Xiaomi, because only Xiaomi can bring more profits to Qualcomm.