The Pixel 8 deserves a more powerful processor, and it might be coming

by dbadmin | Apr 28, 2023 | Features, Google Pixel 8, Google Tensor, News

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google has been charting its own course with its Pixel smartphone processors in the last couple of years. The Pixel maker ditched Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in favor of semi-custom Tensor SoCs in partnership with Samsung. We’re...

Google was in talks to buy CPU startup Nuvia before Qualcomm swooped in

by dbadmin | Dec 29, 2022 | Google, Google Tensor, News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google was reportedly in talks to acquire CPU startup Nuvia. Microsoft and Intel were two other players purportedly in talks with the startup. Qualcomm would go on to buy the company for $1.4 billion in 2021. Qualcomm...

Google says it’s ‘very comfortable’ with Tensor not winning benchmarks

by dbadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 6, Google Pixel 7, Google Tensor, News

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google is “very comfortable” with Tensor chips not winning benchmarks, a company executive said. The director said Google benchmarks software workloads that will actually run on Pixel phones. Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 7...

You told us: You think the Tensor G2 is fine but could be better

by dbadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 7, Google Tensor, News, Survey Results

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google’s Pixel 7 series is powered by the Tensor G2 processor, and it doesn’t seem like a massive upgrade over the original Tensor chipset when looking at the CPU and GPU. We compared the Tensor G2 to its predecessor and rival...

Google Tensor G2 chip: Everything you need to know

by dbadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 7, Google Tensor, SoC

Credit: Google With the arrival of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro comes the successor to the Google Tensor chipset. Dubbed the Tensor G2, this is Google’s second foray into the world of semi-custom silicon development, built in conjunction with Samsung Semiconductor. The...

You told us: You’re whelmed by the leaked Tensor G2 specs

by dbadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Google Pixel 7, Google Tensor, News, Survey Results

Credit: Google The Google Pixel 7 series will be fully revealed next month, but the company already confirmed that it will be powered by the semi-custom Tensor G2 processor. A developer did some digging earlier this week and found out the apparent Tensor G2 specs. We...