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Google’s own chips may power Pixel, dropping Qualcomm

We talked to Ina Fried of Axios, who broke the story that Google is currently working on its own processors for its Pixel phones and Chromebooks. How could Google drop Qualcomm? Well, it’s working with Samsung. That’s right, Samsung.

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We talked to Ina Fried of Axios, who broke the story that Google is currently working on its own processors for its Pixel phones and Chromebooks. How could Google drop Qualcomm? Well, it’s working with Samsung. That’s right, Samsung.

64 Comments

  1. Mike my phones collections1991

    April 29, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    First

    • Le Chat Botté

      April 29, 2020 at 8:28 pm

      nonsense

  2. Sanchit Snehashish

    April 29, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    First

  3. Musa Faisal

    April 29, 2020 at 8:07 pm

    No google is collabing with samsung exynos along with amd gpu

    • Benjamin Moore09

      April 29, 2020 at 10:03 pm

      Watch the video

    • David Moore

      April 29, 2020 at 11:13 pm

      Read the description of the video.

  4. Unclejerry50th

    April 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    if this virus has taught us anything, it’s that its time for laptop webcams to go 4k

    • Terra Florim

      April 29, 2020 at 9:02 pm

      At least 1080p. 1080p is fine. Most top-of-the-line laptop webcams are 720p. That’s pretty ridiculous. Even the 1080p ones, like on the Dell XPS 13, still look like garbage. They should use better ISPs. I can understand lower quality lenses though.

    • MrCosmin94

      April 29, 2020 at 9:32 pm

      1080p is enough, look at phones, 108mp on new android devices but when you chat quality sucks anyway. Its about camera hardware and how optimised the software is to take advantage of good hardware.

  5. Melki Hassa

    April 29, 2020 at 8:14 pm

    For good managements integrating everything is better. But sometimes what used to be good stopped being so, and red tapes in the hierarchy would drag all the elements together with them down. It could be Catastrophic.
    Is Apple still good?

  6. Jamie Collett

    April 29, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    We just read a week ago that they were teaming up with Samsung to make new chips for their phones. Which is it?

    • iyaz akhtar

      April 29, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      We mentioned it is w/ Samsung.

  7. Jamie Collett

    April 29, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    I don’t trust anyone that looks like that dude.

    • NI Se

      April 29, 2020 at 9:20 pm

      Shut up !

    • iyaz akhtar

      April 29, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      I don’t trust me either.

  8. Davisson Queiroz

    April 29, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    I wasn’t going to say anything but every video I see of you is out of focus. I thought you would fix it but you haven’t.

    • iyaz akhtar

      April 29, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      you think i’m out of focus in this vid?

    • Davisson Queiroz

      April 29, 2020 at 9:35 pm

      iyaz akhtar it looks like. It has been in a while. But might be my eye.

  9. Sékou SIDIBE

    April 29, 2020 at 8:31 pm

    Very interesting

  10. MrCosmin94

    April 29, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    Google is using outdated hardware anyways so its ok. 855 instead of 855+, ufs 2.1, small battery, low ram no 5G.

  11. foxroano9t

    April 29, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    Google can keep messing with the pixel its not the best Android so it can only get better

    • Just A Black Atheist

      April 30, 2020 at 1:04 am

      foxroano9t I’m an Apple guy, but Android phones have problems all across the board. Samsung phones are infested with bloatware to the point they should create a Tizen OS for their phones. OnePlus only makes phones for people with gigantic hands. LG is full of gimmicks. That’s why Apple continues to be the king in the United States.

  12. Fodra- D

    April 29, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    Samsung should have goggle make their chipsets for now on since Samsung runs on android.

    • Austin's Coins

      April 29, 2020 at 9:10 pm

      You don’t make sense, Samsung and Google are designing the chips. Samsung is the one who actually makes them, they’re the world’s biggest microchip maker. And the new chip is based off Samsung’s 5nm process. Google doesn’t produce them, they engineer them.

  13. Ryan N

    April 29, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    I think it’s great. Competition is good for everyone.

  14. My Android

    April 29, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    You totally forgot Titan M security chip which is available on Pixel 3, 3A, 4 series.

  15. Abdullah Chandiwala

    April 29, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    Austin 3:16 says I want that shirt and that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.

  16. Terra Florim

    April 29, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    Why is Google doing it? Because Apple is doing it, and they are wildly successful!

  17. Vinay S. Shah

    April 29, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    Nice shirt

  18. Myles G

    April 29, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    yo… a Pixel 6/6a with Samsung hardware. I like the sound of that.

  19. yusif katulie

    April 29, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Sounds like a phone I wanna have

  20. oneofthemdeals

    April 29, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Bummer I didn’t see the link for Google checking

  21. Obamma for Trump.

    April 29, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Can’t wait for Skynet to start making robot soldiers

  22. Aaaaea

    April 29, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    Apple A series chipsets will still be better

    • Just A Black Atheist

      April 30, 2020 at 12:58 am

      Aaaaea Qualcomm chips ages horribly though, so you can’t get mad at Google and Samsung. Qualcomm knows this and they have no interest of making their chips last longer.

    • TECHNO LOGIC

      April 30, 2020 at 7:05 am

      I think no, like Apple if they create their own hardware they can optimized it for their softaware.

  23. Benjamin Owuye Jagun

    April 29, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    Google has a long way to go before they get to Apple’s level of success in making their own SoC if their phones hardware is anything to go by which leaves a lot to be desired.

    • Sean Godsell

      April 29, 2020 at 11:50 pm

      Clearly you were not listening. Apple’s A13 for instance, maybe top notch in CPU, but it’s definitely not top of the game in ISP, DMA, NPU, and even the GPU. Apple forces all developers today to use Metal instead of OpenGL. Granted Metal is faster than OpenGL, but Android also supports Vulkan, which is similar in speed to Apple’s Metal. Not to mention most benchmark tests on Android are still using OpenGL instead of Vulkan. Also iOS automatically halts every task you switch from, where as Android doesn’t. That’s why Gary Simms even said all benchmarks should be taken with a grain of salt. As of today even Qualcomms 865 beats Apple’s SoC in lots of areas. Like NPU, ISP, DMA, including the 865 can use the fastest LPDDR5 RAM, which is 28% faster than the LPDDR4 RAM in iPhones today. The 865 NPU operates at 15 TOPS, Apple’s A13 NPU only operates at 6 TOPS.

      Plus Google already sells tons of their Edge TPUs, for all kinds of SBCs, cameras, and lots of other things. Google’s Tensorflow is second to none, and it’s already running on over 4 billion devices. Take a look for yourself.

    • What Are You On About

      April 30, 2020 at 6:29 am

      @Sean Godsell well said

  24. Prophet Of Truth

    April 30, 2020 at 2:10 am

    Going the Apple route, good. Apple has the best chips right now and it’s gotten so good that the next chip from Apple (A14X) will be in the MacBook. That’s because they design it so well with the best engineers money can buy. Qualcomm is still behind Apple so I’m sure Google wants to get closer to Apple or even ahead.

    • kyjoe9

      April 30, 2020 at 7:12 am

      I am surprised Google waited this long given how much money they have. Even samsung makes some of their processors.

  25. Nandan Neo

    April 30, 2020 at 3:34 am

    *Google please use A13 bionic Chip*

  26. Pablo Quiroga

    April 30, 2020 at 5:06 am

    I think is an amazing idea. I’m sure the first processors are not going to be as good as an apple chip 13, but imagine a super fast and smooth pixel, iPhone like.

  27. thenikkiroom

    April 30, 2020 at 5:46 am

    Definitely looking forward to the Pixel 6 generation.

    I’ve never owned an android phone but I am now soooo over Apple’s overpriced underwhelming phones. I’m holding out for 5G to become more widely available or my iPhone Xs craps out, whichever comes first, to switch to the Pixel.

  28. tinyParadiseNightmare

    April 30, 2020 at 5:53 am

    say good bye to your privacy !!

  29. TECHNO LOGIC

    April 30, 2020 at 7:08 am

    I think if Google create their own hardware they can optimized it in their clean software like what Apple does.

  30. Brutus Brutus

    April 30, 2020 at 7:15 am

    It’s ma’am!

  31. bobbyright2010

    April 30, 2020 at 7:18 am

    This is either going to add more fragmentation to android or usher in a fuchsia OS.

    • Nishith Joshi

      April 30, 2020 at 9:46 am

      I think unlike Apple, Google may allow other manufacturers to use it’s chips

  32. Jim James

    April 30, 2020 at 7:48 am

    Can’t wait

  33. Elliott MEADE vlogs

    April 30, 2020 at 8:07 am

    Brilliant bro Right on thanks In our google Info As iN TONG

  34. kingboy

    April 30, 2020 at 8:41 am

    They’ll finally have that total control advantage which Apple benefits from building their own custom hardware

  35. Deepak Thapliyal

    April 30, 2020 at 9:23 am

    After 1 year, Google would give up their chip

  36. Utku Erkan Çiçek

    April 30, 2020 at 10:02 am

    Hi, great initiative Google creating new unique chips or microprocessors. All the best to Google in their present & future endeavors/works. ( ◜‿◝ )

  37. Zeus Starfall

    April 30, 2020 at 10:50 am

    A lot of words

  38. Zeus Starfall

    April 30, 2020 at 10:53 am

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  39. IO IO

    April 30, 2020 at 11:06 am

    Do they actually capable of doing that?

  40. Paul Rohde

    April 30, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    They’d better better off working with TSMC. Also Samsung will fancy themselves to take inside info for their own Exynos chips.

  41. Mitchell Barbosa

    April 30, 2020 at 4:04 pm

    About time Google really excited for the new approach

  42. xsarchitect

    April 30, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    I’m laughing at this video for multiple reasons. Thanks cnet

  43. wm1pyro

    April 30, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    Do you think Stadia was a big factor in this decision or little to none?

  44. AntonioR Software

    May 1, 2020 at 6:02 am

    So, Apple, Google and Huawei are dropping Qualcomm. The future doesn’t look bright for them.

  45. Cheong Ph

    May 2, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Probably faster than Apple with its own chip?

  46. Hosen Kosh

    May 2, 2020 at 1:33 pm

    سلام صفحه وب وگوگل فعال نمیشود

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