The Pixel 9 sequence is no doubt successful from Google even with out realizing gross sales numbers, largely as a result of they really feel like full packages with significant enhancements over earlier fashions that took care of a number of lingering points on older Pixel telephones. However that doesn’t imply we aren’t nonetheless seeking to the way forward for Google’s Pixel line as a result of rumors of large enhancements to Tensor chips may take Google into new smartphone territory. We’re speaking about them coming into a dialog with Apple on an end-to-end stage.
A brand new report is just including to that concept by suggesting that the customized Tensor chips scheduled to energy the Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 will meet the newest chip inside Apple’s new iPhone 16 Professional.
As you might recall, Google is rumored to have switched chipset making from Samsung Foundry to TSMC. It is a enormous deal earlier than we get to the subsequent half as TSMC is the king of chipmaking. The very best instance to assist this concept is a fast look-back at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which was made by Samsung and struggled mightily in early units. Qualcomm switched to TSMC to later ship the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and the effectivity/energy/warmth enhancements had been dramatic. We’ve all been ready for Google to do the identical and that ought to occur subsequent yr with Tensor G5 and the Pixel 10 sequence, adopted by the Tensor G6 and Pixel 11.
In accordance with Android Authority, the Tensor G5 (codenamed “laguna”) will likely be manufactured on TSMC’s 3nm N3E node, which is outwardly the identical course of node from the A18 Professional chip simply introduced by Apple for the iPhone 16 Professional. They name this the “greatest course of node at present accessible” and that it must be a noteworthy improve over the 4nm node from Samsung within the Tensor G4.
Along with that bit of stories, the Tensor G6 (codename “malibu”) will likely be manufactured on TSMC’s yet-to-be-released 3nm N3P node that’s rumored for Apple’s A19 chip. In different phrases, that is the subsequent chip that Google will showcase and must be the latest best-in-class kind of chip that Apple has signed off on. Apple’s chips actually are industry-leading nearly yearly and so this can be a actually huge deal ought to Google get in on the motion. The one different observe to make there’s that it’s nonetheless 3nm and not 2nm as was beforehand rumored.
So to recap, as a result of that is all fairly boring stuff to have a dialog about, you simply have to know that Google’s Tensor recreation is about to leap a number of ranges by way of efficiency and effectivity. And it’s a must to hold that in thoughts at the same time as we speak about how nice the Pixel 9 is. The Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 could possibly be monsters.
