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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, @04:07PM (1 child)
That too but here are a few examples. I will copy and paste.
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Huawei Fights Back
"Looks like Huawei is going to fight back against the U.S. for the sanctions it has imposed on the company... using the U.S. patent system, which recently made some changes to FRAND agreements (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) to make it even easier to sue."
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/20/07/14/2316236/huawei-fights-back [slashdot.org] [slashdot.org]
(that article was apparently removed during the time that Slashdot had technical issues and a bunch of their articles got deleted so I will add another link to somewhere else. Sucks too because the original discussion was useful).
https://www.fudzilla.com/news/51191-huawei-fights-back [fudzilla.com]
I tried digging a little about what changes were made and this looks to be what is being discussed.
Justice Department’s New Position on Patents, Standard Setting, and Injunctions
"A FRAND commitment ... requires the patent owner to license to all participants in the standard upon payment of a FRAND royalty.
...
In December 2019, the Justice Department, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a formal policy statement on remedies for SEPs. The new statement declares that injunctions should be available for SEPs on the same terms as for patents generally. It also states in a footnote that the antitrust laws are not generally applicable to FRAND disputes."
https://www.theregreview.org/2020/01/06/hovenkamp-justice-department-new-position-patents-standard-setting-injunctions/ [theregreview.org] [theregreview.org]
This looks bad no?
Also
"USPTO Decides To Lower Obviousness Standards"
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/07/1248226/USPTO-Decides-To-Lower-Obviousness-Standards [slashdot.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 04 2021, @10:30PM
How can they possibly lower the Patent Office's obviousness standards? "This is completely obvious. Let's patent it." has been the standard for over 100 years.