Google launched its first {custom} chip Tensor with Pixel 6 in 2021, nevertheless it was solely a semi-custom chip manufactured in partnership with Samsung.
Alphabet Inc’s Google has delayed the discharge of a completely {custom} chip for its Pixel smartphones till 2025, The Info reported on Thursday, citing two individuals accustomed to the matter. Google initially deliberate to launch the chip, internally referred to as Redondo, subsequent 12 months to switch the semi-custom chips it at the moment designs with Samsung Electronics, the report mentioned.
Google launched its first {custom} chip Tensor with Pixel 6 in 2021, nevertheless it was solely a semi-custom chip. Within the following 12 months, i.e., in 2022, Google continued with the identical know-how for the second technology of Tensor chip referred to as Tensor G2, which powers the Pixel 7 duo, Pixel 7a, and Pixel Fold. Reviews have been rife that with the third technology, Google might lastly be capable to transfer to a completely {custom} chip.
The tech large may also swap from Samsung to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for making the chips, referred to as Tensors, based on The Info. The world’s largest contract chipmaker counts corporations reminiscent of Apple and Nvidia amongst its clients.
Google didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark, whereas TSMC declined to remark.
Google will stick to Samsung for one more 12 months and wait till 2025 to introduce a completely {custom} design chip, internally code-named Laguna, based on The Info. The Laguna chip can be primarily based on TSMC’s 3-nanometer manufacturing course of, at the moment the world’s most superior chipmaking course of, the report added. Google is inserting bets on the fully-custom chip because it appears to tackle Apple, which has made vital strides in {custom} chip growth. Along with manufacturing A-series chips, Apple has completed the transition from Intel to Apple Silicon chips.
— Written with inputs from Reuters
