In April final yr, it was reported that Google is designing its own chip called ‘Whitechapel’ that would go inside its Pixel smartphones and Chromebooks as nicely. Now, one other report from 9to5Google mentions that the Pixel 6 will be amongst the first telephones to return geared up with a chip primarily based on the ‘Whitechapel’ platform. Aside from the Pixel 6, Google is reportedly going to make use of an in-house chip for the upcoming Pixel 5a as well that was recently leaked in all its glory.
“Whitechapel is an effort on Google’s part to create their own systems on a chip (SoCs) to be used in Pixel phones and Chromebooks alike, similar in to how Apple uses their own chips in the iPhone and Mac. Google was said to be co-developing Whitechapel with Samsung, whose Exynos chips rival Snapdragon processors in the Android space.
Per that report, Google would be ready to launch devices with Whitechapel chips as soon as 2021. According to documentation viewed by 9to5Google, this fall’s Pixel phones will indeed be powered by Google’s Whitechapel platform.”
Google is internally calling its chip ‘GS101’, the place GS seemingly stands for Google Silicon. 9To5Google’s report additionally corroborates what Axios initially reported final yr – Google’s ‘Whitechapel’ chip will be manufactured by Samsung’s semiconductor division. The in-house Google SoC will seemingly be fitted inside two telephones with the codenames ‘Raven’ and ‘Oriole’ that are seemingly the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 5a.
The thought is superior on paper. Let’s simply hope Google can obtain what it’s hoping for!
Now, Google’s companion for its in-house chip ambitions – Samsung – has been at it for a whereas now, equipping its telephones with a big selection of in-house chips below the Exynos branding. Apple, on the different hand, depends on TSMC to make its A-series processors that go inside the iPhones and iPads. It seems that Google desires the similar degree of hardware-software management as Apple to exploit the most efficiency out of the Pixel telephones. The thought is superior on paper. Let’s simply hope Google can obtain what it’s hoping for!
