After announcing in-house a tensor chipset for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphone, it seems that Google will build a larger CPU size and for notebook computers and tablets.
Nikkei Asia, quoting three sources knowing the secret of development, Google said the plan to uncover the new 2023 chip for laptops and tablets that run on the Chrome operating system.
Google seems to be driven by the success of Apple with custom-built M1 chips. Also, companies like Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Tesla, Baidu and Alibaba Group Holding all work to build their own semiconductors for their cloud service power and electronic products.
The company turned towards the idea of developing their custom chips because it helped to pack their own features into the chip for their special purpose. Basically, this helps in smooth software and hardware integration.
Chip based on ARM blueprint
“The new CPU and mobile processor that Google is developing is based on the Blue Print of the ARM chip, the UK Softbank chip company is controlled by intellectual property used in more than 90% of mobile devices in the world,” said Nikkei Asia in its report.
Smaller chips can put more punch computing on the device limited, or passive, cooling designs such as tablets, thin laptops and lightweight and cellphones.
Actually, it’s no secret that Google in making your own CPU design from the last decade. But most of the research is focused on the chipset for its flagship cellphone pixels to have a real-time faster computing processing for videos and photos and better AI intensive cellular tasks. The Pixel 6 series will also display Google’s own mobile silicone that goes with an insider-name Whitechapel.
The report citing analyst at Nikkei Asia said that it would cost around $ 500 million to design a new chip in the process of 5 Nanometer TSMC, while something that was built on traditional 28 nanometer processes would only cost around $ 50 million.
