It's been a few years since Google had lined up a Pixel lineup this ambitious, but here we are, days away. The October 19 event will see Google return the Pixel line to flagship status after a hiatus in 2020 with the Snapdragon 765G-equipped Pixel 5. The Pixel line will also get back to a more conventional lineup of a regular, more reasonably sized model and a more expensive, plus-sized model.
Tensor chip
It all begins with the custom-developed Tensor chip. It will power the pair of Google phones that will be unveiled and it's expected to be capable of running with the likes of the Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888.
The Tensor chip is co-developed with Samsung and is said to be based on the unreleased Exynos 9855 - a 5nm chip with the level of performance of the Exynos 2100 inside the Galaxy S21 series. Early Geekbench results weren't particularly impressive, but we did find out more about the architecture of the Tensor chip.
It will run 4 efficient cores at 1.8GHz, 2 cores at 2.25GHz and 2 cores at 2.8GHz. Rumors suggest those are 4 Cortex-A55's, 2 Cortex-A76's, and 2 Cortex-X1's - the latter of which would be a precedent, so we remain skeptical about it. Cortex-X1...