Google could use the best chipmaker all the way until Pixel 14

Google could use the best chipmaker all the way until Pixel 14

Google Tensor Pixel 6

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  • Google and TSMC have reportedly signed a long-term deal to produce Tensor chips for the Pixel phone line.
  • This is apparently a three-to-five-year deal and could last until the Pixel 14’s release.
  • TSMC has traditionally built more efficient processors than rival Samsung Foundry, which has built all Tensor chips to date.

Google has previously relied on Samsung to produce its Tensor chips for Pixel phones, but that will change with the Pixel 10 series later this year. Top dog TSMC is expected to make the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 processor. However, it now looks like this won’t be a short-term arrangement by any measure.

Digitimes reports (h/t: Jukanlosreve) that Google and TSMC have a three-to-five-year deal to produce smartphone chips for the Pixel series. The outlet adds that the deal will last until the Pixel 14 range.