Google Pixel Watch 5 to have a custom Tensor chipset | Infinium-tech

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 may get a custom Tensor chip, leaving Qualcomm as the supplier. This makes sense since Google is also using Tensor chips for its Pixel smartphones, but interestingly, the switch will only happen in 2026, so the Pixel Watch 4 will likely still use a Qualcomm SoC.

That said, the roadmap document this leak is based on dates back to early 2023, which means a lot could change between then and now, keep that in mind.

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Now, according to the same source, the CPU of this Tensor chip will have one Cortex-A78 core and two Cortex-A55 cores, while Google is also exploring RISC-V as a possible alternative to Arm. With the A55 launching in 2017, those CPU cores are certainly ancient, but that’s a trend in wearables.

Samsung and Qualcomm both use older cores in their smartwatch chips – the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 has a Cortex-A53 core (which launched in 2012), while the Exynos W1000 has one Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55, this Type This is most similar to Google’s intended design. This makes us think that this wearable Tensor might just be a modified Samsung chip – in the same way that all smartphones so far have been Tensor chips.

It is not known what process technology this new Tensor chip will use, but it may be 3nm. Another unknown is the modem that will be used – if it’s a Samsung design an Exynos modem would be most suitable (after all this is what is used for Google’s smartphones).

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