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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 04 2021, @03:33PM
yeah, i also like the part where they "lock the bootloader" or what's called. for security. not to make it difficult to install something that can circumvent their "obsolete by design" philosophy. it's for security! your security! ... and their perpetual profit security, lulz.
there really ought to be a law, that forces smart phone manufacturers to provide a bootloader (or what it's called) unlock tool no later then the day the stop supporting THE SOFTWARE-OS on the device (no more security updates).
there is really no way to interpret this as first scaremongering (only a locked bootloader is secure) and then "look, new shiney is better and more secure. old device is a lost cause! buy new! be MEOR secure! ofc, again with a locked bootloader".