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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: 2) by fakefuck39 on Sunday April 04 2021, @08:27PM (1 child)
>LineageOS can't support them either
what now? got any specifics here? because you can usually run the latest android on a really old phone. Nexus 6 is pretty damn old and I assume out of support by Qualcomm, but you can put the latest android on it.
a hardware vendor dropping support for something doesn't mean it magically stops working. Case and point, the latest Linux runs on a whole bunch of old CPUs that aren't supported. Windows of course doesn't, but good thing Android runs on Linux. So, in summary, I'm pretty sure you're completely full of shit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 04 2021, @10:27PM
My junk phones have Mediatek chipsets in them, not Qualcomm. Sorry for the noise.