BEIJING & ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rightware and Xiaomi announced today a large licensing and collaboration deal around the development and use of Rightware benchmarking software. Xiaomi has joined Rightware’s Benchmark Development Program (BDP) and licensed Basemark OS II, Basemark X and Browsermark benchmarking software to be used as an integral part of Xiaomi’s processor evaluations and product development process.
Rightware’s benchmarking software is used by the world’s leading smartphone and tablet manufacturers and their processor suppliers to measure the applications performance of various components and devices. Rightware develops their software in close cooperation with leading technology companies of the world, including AMD, ARM, DMP, Imagination Technologies, Intel, Mediatek, nVIDIA, Qualcomm, Takumi and Vivante. For more information about the BDP, go to http://www.rightware.com/benchmarking-software/bdp/.
Xiaomi has rapidly become one of the world’s leading smartphone companies, whether measured by popularity, product leadership or market capitalization. In addition to smartphones, Xiaomi develops tablets and smart TVs. Since launching the first product, Xiaomi Mi1, in 2011, the company has amassed sales of over 57 million units and is growing rapidly by adding new product lines and internationalization outside of China.
“Anyone who follows the industry, knows that Xiaomi is the one company that everyone is looking at due to their phenomenal success and growth. We are very happy that Xiaomi chose our benchmarking software for their processor evaluations,” said Tero Sarkkinen, Rightware General Manager Benchmark Business. “We are confident that Xiaomi can continue their success and rapid growth with the help of our software enabling them to make processor selections based on objective and trustworthy data.”
“With the international growth and the diversification of our product lines, Xiaomi needs to make strategically critical component decisions at an increasing frequency,” announced Xiaomi. “We identified Rightware as the best provider of testing tools that the whole industry uses. Now we can get better data in which our product development teams can act on and continue making the best possible products that our loyal and ever growing customer base craves.”
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