Google: In the future, Google expects to stop using semi-custom chip designs for its Pixel brand of smartphones and, like Apple, will introduce its first wholly bespoke SoC. Unfortunately, that voyage hasn’t been without its share of bumps; according to reports, Google delayed the deployment of the customised silicon by a whole year.
Google to bring a fully custom chipset for its smartphones in 2025
According to The Information, the largest search engine originally intended to release the completely customised chip under the codename “Redondo” sometime in 2024. The corporation would replace the Samsung semi-custom design it now employs in the process. A minor piece of the paywalled report, however, omitted the explanation for the delay and instead stated that the SoC’s new codename is Laguna and that, in accordance with sources with knowledge of the situation, the launch will take place in 2025.
Google Tensor Chip
For its Pixel smartphones, Google created the Tensor family of ARM64-based system-on-chip (SoC) processors. The first-generation processor made its appearance on the Pixel 6 smartphone series in 2021, and the second-generation chip took its place on the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro series in 2022.
Google Tensor G3
Now that we know the first exact specifications for Google‘s upcoming Tensor G3 chipset, which will debut in the Pixel 8 series in the autumn, we can start preparing for it. A nine-core CPU and a ten-core GPU will be included in the chipset, which will be constructed using Samsung Foundry’s new 4nm (4LPP) manufacturing process.
Four Cortex-A715 cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.45GHz, one Cortex-X3 core with a maximum clock speed of 3GHz, and four Cortex-A510 cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.15GHz will all be present in the Tensor G3 CPU. While the Tensor G2 has eight cores overall, one less than the G3, it features two Cortex-X1 cores, two Cortex-A78 cores, and four Cortex-A55 cores.
Ten Immortalis-G715s, each clocked to 890MHz, make up the Tensor G3’s GPU. With Samsung MFC (Multi-Format Codec) and hardware-accelerated ray tracing, the new hardware can encode and decode 8K content at 30 frames per second in both h.264 and HEVC format.
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