Google faucets Samsung to produce 5G modem for brand new Pixel telephone

Google will faucet Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to produce the 5G modem for its subsequent flagship Pixel sensible telephone, sources aware of the matter instructed Reuters, signaling the primary win for the Korean agency in a U.S. market dominated by Qualcomm Inc.

Earlier this month, Google disclosed that it has designed its personal processor chip to energy its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro high-end telephones, ending its full reliance on Qualcomm, which can nonetheless provide chips for the lower-priced Pixel 5A.

Nikkei Asia earlier reported Samsung will manufacture the processor for Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc. Two sources aware of the matter instructed Reuters Samsung may also provide the 5G modem know-how.

Samsung’s transfer to offer the Pixel’s modem know-how is vital as a result of the Korean agency is certainly one of solely three firms on the earth able to making 5G modems that join gadgets to wi-fi knowledge networks. The others are Qualcomm, the market chief by a large margin, and Taiwan’s MediaTek Inc.

Samsung extensively makes use of its Exynos modem know-how in its personal flagship sensible telephones in Asia and Europe. But it has lengthy relied on Qualcomm to offer modems for U.S. variations.

That is partially as a result of Qualcomm has a know-how lead in a variant of 5G networking known as millimeter wave, which supplies the quickest speeds out there with the brand new networks. To date, all sensible telephones launched within the United States – together with Apple Inc’s iPhone – have used Qualcomm chips to faucet millimeter wave networks.

Samsung instructed Reuters its new modem know-how was able to millimeter wave networking, and Google stated its new telephones will assist millimeter wave networks as earlier variations did, although neither firm would remark instantly on whether or not they’re working collectively on the brand new Pixel.

Winning Google’s Pixel enterprise offers Samsung its first massive likelihood to point out off its chipmaking abilities to the broader telephone business, which has lengthy been cautious of shopping for a key element from a fierce rival, stated Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at TIRIAS Research. The Korean agency has by no means earlier than bought its 5G modem chip know-how to an out of doors firm.

Qualcomm in an announcement stated it retained its know-how lead as a result of its millimeter wave know-how relied on different chips along with the modem. “A modem is not enough to support millimeter wave in phones,” Qualcomm stated.

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