Google is reportedly set to signal a deal that would see future Pixel smartphones obtain a substantial efficiency increase.
In line with Taiwanese web site DigiTimes, Google not too long ago visited Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm (TSMC) to debate utilizing it to make the corporate’s customized Tensor chips.
As much as and together with the Google Pixel 9 sequence, this activity has been the only real protect of Samsung. Nevertheless, TSMC is thought to supply extra environment friendly and thus extra performant System on Chips (SoCs).
Pixel 10 chip rumours
With rumours that the Google Pixel 10 will run on a TSMC-produced Tensor G5 chip, we could possibly be taking a look at a substantial bump in efficiency with Google’s forthcoming flagship technology.
Earlier in Could we heard the hearsay that Google was able to undertake a completely in-house design constructed on TSMC’s 3nm course of, and with a brand new Creativeness Applied sciences DXT GPU instead of the prevailing Arm Mali.
In line with this newest report, Google’s new cope with TSMC could possibly be set to run for between three and 5 years, probably taking us proper by to the Pixel 14.
Samsung’s troubled chip enterprise
Samsung’s chip operation has been famously troubled, significantly in current instances. Earlier within the month it was reported that the corporate’s incapability to supply its personal Exynos 2500 chip at ample scale for the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch resulted in a $400 million loss for the corporate.
Even when Samsung has been capable of prove its personal Exynos chips in ample numbers, it has resulted in an unsatisfactory cut up chip providing, with Galaxy telephones within the US and China operating on off-the-shelf Qualcomm chips.
To make issues worse, these Qualcomm-powered Samsung units are invariably quicker and extra environment friendly than their Exynos-powered international equivalents.