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Pixel 6 will be powered by new Google-made 'Whitechapel' chip
9to5Google can report today that Google's upcoming phones for this fall, including the presumed Pixel 6, will be among the first devices to run on the "GS101" Whitechapel chip.
[...] First rumored in early 2020, Whitechapel is an effort on Google's part to create their own systems on a chip (SoCs) to be used in Pixel phones and Chromebooks alike, similar in to how Apple uses their own chips in the iPhone and Mac. Google was said to be co-developing Whitechapel with Samsung, whose Exynos chips rival Snapdragon processors in the Android space.
Per that report, Google would be ready to launch devices with Whitechapel chips as soon as 2021. According to documentation viewed by 9to5Google, this fall's Pixel phones will indeed be powered by Google's Whitechapel platform.
[...] Putting it all together, this fall's Made by Google phones will not use chips made by Qualcomm, but will instead be built on Google's own Whitechapel hardware platform with assistance from Samsung.
Also at The Verge and XDA Developers.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Sunday April 04 2021, @01:19PM (2 children)
Is this the "new" (or actually old) trend that is returning? You are filling up your hardware with your own components. It used to be that you used as many common components as possible to push down the price and make it easy for it to be repaired. Then they started to use more and more of their own components. Consolidating several components into one to make things smaller and cheaper. But also harder to repair cause after all if it's your own component you control the supply. So you can have as many "right to repair" bills or suggestions as you wish but if you can only get the components from one source they can sort of stop this whole thing dead in the tracks by not selling components outside their own production chain and to their own authorized dealers. Keeping the price high for repairs. Sure there will be pirate components eventually, just look at all the screens and such for the various idevices. But Apple knows. If you install some pirate part in their phone all warranty is null and void, if you use a non-apple charger and your house burns to the ground it's not Apples fault etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 04 2021, @01:35PM (1 child)
The only thing worth replacing is, if possible, the touchscreen.
All else has been disposable for a long, long time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 04 2021, @10:34PM
The battery too (if it isn't glued in and you can find a replacement).