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Google might engage TSMC to build chipsets for future Pixel phones

Google might next year. The tip came from leaker @Revegnus1 who shared on X that . Moreover, Google is said to be expanding its R&D lab in Taiwan and recruiting more local engineers to prepare for the switch.  Samsung Foundry has been manufacturing Google's Tensor chips for a few years and this report of the South Korean company being dropped is a huge blow to its ambition to close the gap with the world's most advanced foundry chipmaker.  On the other hand, the switch to TSMC could be good news for Pixel users. and has measurably better-performing chipsets. For example, the TSMC-made Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 boasts than Having said that, it is also too early to write off Samsung. After all, the South Korean company has been It might catch up with TSMC in the next few years. Source: via