Google’s upcoming smartphones will arrive soon, and the most recent rumours suggest that the Pixel 10 series will debut in late August. The new generation of Tensor chips that will power the phones will excite you if you’ve been following this upcoming hardware with half the attention we have. Although Google has long been producing its own chips, the Tensor G5, which will power Pixel 10 phones, marks a major advancement for the series by switching to a new manufacturing partner and a new 3nm fabrication technique. However, we’re aiming even higher today with a new report on what to expect from the Tensor G6.
Google is switching from Samsung to TSMC, a market leader, to actually manufacture its chips with the Tensor G5, reducing the fabrication level from 4nm to 3nm. However, the year’s most popular phones are already powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite, demonstrating that we are firmly in the era of 3nm chips. With the announcement of its Exynos 2500 earlier this week, Samsung is also participating in the 3nm movement.
However, Google may not be able to catch up next year. According to Taiwan’s Commercial Times, TSMC will progress towards 2nm fabrication with the Tensor G6 (via 9to5Google). Furthermore, most other players will likely be on 3nm next year, even though we haven’t yet seen how the rest of the industry will change.
Naturally, being “first” does not always equate to being “best,” and there may often be some early setbacks in the race to adopt new technologies. Nevertheless, TSMC has a strong reputation, and after reading this report, we are cautiously hopeful that, rather than following Snapdragon’s lead, we may soon be discussing Google and its Tensor chips as the leaders in SoC development.
