Google Tensor

2021: Announcement of the first processor for smartphones

In early August 2021 Google , she introduced the first in her assortment processor for. smartphones The single-chip Tensor system will first be used in the flagship 6 Google Pixel and Pixel 6 Pro devices.

A distinctive feature of Google Tensor mobile chips will be specialized units - TPU (Tensor Processing Unit; used in data center equipment) to accelerate the performance of AI and machine learning tasks . Also included in the Google Tensor SoC configuration are the new Titan M2 security coprocessor and a 5G modem .

Google introduced its first processor for smartphones, it will be used in Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

Google did not specify who developed the CPU and GPU units for its new chip or under whose licenses its components were manufactured. There are no performance tests for this solution yet.

Tensor is based on our 20 years of experience with computer computing, and today it is our biggest innovation in the Pixel smartphone, "wrote Google CEO Sundar Pichai on his Twitter blog.

The company added that Tensor will open up to Pixel users "completely new features and improvements in addition to existing ones," using its "most innovative artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies."

According to Nikkei, most Android manufacturers prefer to use different processors - mainly chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung. In this regard, Apple is different from its competitors: all iPhone have processors developed by the American corporation itself.

As for Google Pixel smartphones, they have been using Qualcomm chips since 2016. Qualcomm shares after the announcement of the Tensor processor fell 0.6% in price. According to Nikkei, Samsung will engage in contract production of Tensor using a 5-nm process.^[1]

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