A growing trend towards in-house chips is emerging across the industry, particularly surrounding Chinese manufacturers, evidenced by Huawei's Kirin X90, Xiaomi's rumored XRing, and now, apparently, Lenovo is in the mix as well. As noted by chunvn8888 at X (formerly Twitter), Lenovo's upcoming Yoga Pad Pro was seen featuring a custom SoC (System on Chip) codenamed "SS1101", which likely uses Arm's off-the-shelf Cortex designs. This was further confirmed and analyzed in detail by leaker Digital Chat Station, though some technical details remain in the dark.
With limited global coverage and availability, Lenovo's Yoga Pad Pro series is likely reserved for the Chinese market, serving as 2-in-1 hybrid devices that can be configured as either a laptop or a tablet. The previous iteration, which launched last December, was powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. Since Lenovo is predominantly a PC/Laptop-first company, their decision to invest in a custom chip for a relatively smaller market is somewhat intriguing.
