Google’s future Pixel smartphone fashions might supply elevated effectivity in comparison with the corporate’s present handsets, in accordance with a report. After utilizing Samsung-made Tensor G3 chips for years, current reviews counsel that Google has plans to switching from Samsung to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for future processor necessities. Whereas information concerning the change was reported a number of occasions, the upcoming Pixel 9 sequence is anticipated to characteristic a Samsung-made Tensor G4 SoC, which reportedly makes use of a distinct packing technique to supply notable enhancements over final 12 months’s Tensor G3 chip. A brand new report signifies that subsequent 12 months’s Tensor G5 processor might utilise the 3nm course of made obtainable by TSMC.
A Enterprise Korea report states that Samsung’s foundry has been fighting yield and energy effectivity points with its 3nm expertise for some time, concluding that the agency will find yourself shedding prospects to TSMC’s 3nm course of. These prospects would come with huge names like Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, Google and extra. Citing an {industry} supply, the report claims that Google will go for TSMC’s 3nm expertise.
The detailed report provides that Samsung will proceed to ship processors for Google until the fourth era of Tensor processors, however will change to TSMC for the fifth era which may very well be referred to as the Tensor G5, supplied Google continues with the identical moniker for its processor.
Google additionally appears to be looking for to improve its processor’s effectivity and can reportedly go along with TSMC’s 3nm expertise for its Tensor G5 processor. This might lastly carry its processor and telephones on par with Apple’s iPhone that presently utilises an industry-leading 3nm course of.
Samsung was the primary within the {industry} to go along with the first-generation 3nm node again in 2022, however continues to be struggling to ship the extent of energy effectivity and warmth administration that is wanted. TSMC’s course of affords higher energy effectivity in comparison with Samsung’s and so has turned out to be the choice of alternative for many producers going ahead.
The method node has proved helpful for warmth administration which has notable implications not simply with smartphones however for servers as effectively. The addition of AI options is claimed to additional add to the general load, making issues associated to warmth and effectivity extra crucial.
In the meantime, TF Worldwide Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, lately claimed that Samsung is unlikely to go along with its Exynos processor for its Galaxy S25 sequence. If this occurs, it might imply Samsung switching again to Qualcomm for processors in its flagship sequence of Galaxy smartphones, after switching to its personal Exynos SoCs for the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ in choose markets (together with India) this 12 months.
