Google to construct personal processor for upcoming Pixel telephones

Alphabet Inc’s Google will use processors designed in-house for its Pixel telephones launching later this fall, in a shift away from Qualcomm Inc’s know-how that has powered the search big’s Android gadgets for greater than 15 years.

The processor, referred to as Tensor, will energy the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro telephones, Google mentioned in a weblog publish, with the corporate set to reveal extra particulars nearer to the discharge.

Shares of Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of wi-fi chips for smartphones, have been down marginally in afternoon buying and selling.

Google mentioned the following Pixel telephone, 5a, would nonetheless have a Qualcomm processor.

“We will continue to work closely with Google on existing and future products based on Snapdragon platforms,” a Qualcomm spokesperson mentioned in a press release.

Last yr, Apple Inc began utilizing its personal central processor designed for Macs, in a step away from chipmaker Intel Corp.

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