Ever since Google switched to its custom Tensor chips in its Pixel series, some have complained about the mediocre battery life and poor thermals they provided. This was in big part because of Google’s decision to task Samsung (more specifically, its S.LSI division) with handling many of the parts of the chip’s creation process, including manufacturing. Long story short, Samsung’s recent process nodes typically underperform those of its rival TSMC.
Fortunately, Google will soon rectify that mistake by dropping Samsung and designing its upcoming chips internally. Because of that, Google will also finally switch to TSMC, which we confirmed before. One thing that remained unclear about that, however, was which exact process would be used. Today, we can answer that question, not only for the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 but also for the Tensor G6!