The last few years have seen a scatter of articles about Surge, Xiaomi's supposed competitor to the Kirin or Exynos SoC series of the world in development. Now, however, there are indications that the Chinese OEM is finally giving up on this idea. However, it will continue with other, related projects that may produce chipsets for wireless communications.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-reportedly-abandons-all-hope-of-an-in-house-CPU.458547.0.html