Google Pixel reportedly won't get an all-Google Tensor chip until 2025 — here's why

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Tensor G5 could be the first Tensor chip made without Samsung

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Google’s Tensor chipsets are often referred to as Google’s own custom chips, but that’s not really the case. So far Tensor chipsets are designed and manufactured in conjunction with Samsung, but it sounds like that won’t be the case for very long. We might even see the first fully-custom Google chipset arrive in 2025 as the Tensor G5.

This news comes from an extensive report from The Information, which details Google’s plans to leave its partnership with Samsung behind. Instead the company is said to have partnered with TSMC, who will handle production using its 3nm manufacturing process. 

It’s claimed that this isn’t the first time a Tensor chipset has been canceled either. “Multiple” Tensors have been canceled in the past two years, including a Tensor-powered Pixelbook that never saw the light of day.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out, and whether Google can help the Tensor chipset achieve its full potential. The chips may not be focussed on high benchmark scores, but there’s no reason why we can’t have top-tier performance and efficiency alongside cutting-edge machine learning and security.

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Tom Pritchard
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