Google claims to have been developing its Tensor SoC for four years, having moved away from Qualcomm for the Pixel 6 series. A new report alleges that Tensor is an Exynos 9855, a tweaked version of the Exynos 2100 that Samsung uses in the Galaxy S21 series.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Google-Pixel-6-and-Pixel-6-Pro-s-Tensor-SoC-is-a-Samsung-Exynos-9855.553822.0.html
I work at Google and this article is very misleading.
Tensor is built by Samsung but tons of different features and components are baked into it that are made by Google. For example, so many machine learning workflows and algorithms work much faster and use much less power when running on Tensor versus Exynos chips
Quote from: NA on August 08, 2021, 05:08:11
I work at Google and this article is very misleading.
Tensor is built by Samsung but tons of different features and components are baked into it that are made by Google. For example, so many machine learning workflows and algorithms work much faster and use much less power when running on Tensor versus Exynos chips
We'll wait for the actual product release before taking a side on this. For now, if Samsung was involved in the manufacturing, we cant expect it to run without heating up (as seen on the SD888).
Using off the shelf Arm IP isn't what makes the Tensor SoC interesting, it's the custom ML pipeline. If it's using an X1 of course it'll run hot and if it's on Samsung process nodes it'll run even hotter, nothing they can do about that.
It's fine. The problem with samsung's exynos was that they charged the same price and shipped it together in the same model with the more powerful and efficient snapdragon chips. If they charged less or gave their buyers a choice in the firat place, it would have been simple.