New evidence suggests that, unsurprisingly, the Pixel 7 will contain a second-generation Google Tensor chip. Work on the new chip is said to have already started.
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro were officially presented and with it the new Google-owned tensor chip. The Google Tensor were developed with the help of Samsung and are optimized for Google's extensive use of machine learning. In some cases, they speed up existing functions or enable things that were previously not possible on a phone.
In the investigation of apps that are contained on the Google Pixel 6, one found now indications of a new pixel-related code name, "Cloudripper". This is not the code name for the Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro next year, but "Cloudripper" is the name for a base board or a developer board that shares the hardware with the two phones. A similar code name popped up earlier this year with "Slider" for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
According to the documentation viewed by 9to5Google, "Cloudripper" is associated with a version of the second generation of Google Tensor chips with the model number "GS201". Compared to the "GS101" found in the Pixel 6, this chip seems to be a whole generation newer. The same "GS201" was spotted by Mishaal Rahman in recently released Android code changes.
At this point it is not clear what kind of improvements we can expect from the GS201 chip as no hardware details have been spotted yet.
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