Tensor G5 will be the first SoC for smartphones fully customized by Google. It will arrive in 2025 and replace Samsung as it will be manufactured by TSMC foundry.

Apple led the way for the rest of the industry by taking advantage of in-house hardware and software design under one roof. In iPhones or iPads for many years and more recently in Mac personal computers. Samsung did the same with Exynos (although combining them with Qualcomm developments) or Huawei (without much success) with Kirin chips.

Google also developed its own chips for mobile, the “Sensor” series released on the Pixel 6, which replaced the Qualcomm SoC it had used until then. The Tensor G5 will make a strategic leap as it will be the first fully customized by Google, he explains Information.

It should be clarified that Tensors include semi-custom components for now based on existing Samsung designs with some additional features such as Google’s NPUs (Neural Processing Units) that boost AI performance.

This will be the main novelty of the Tensor G5, which will replace Samsung’s components with Google’s own. In addition, the manufacturer of the chip itself will also change, and TSMC (the world’s leading foundry) will be in charge of manufacturing in advanced technological processes in 3 nm, which promises higher energy efficiency. The goal is clear, to integrate software and hardware, reducing dependence on external technologies for which it is the main engine of any mobile device.

No technical details are known, but we can expect an increase in computing power, lower power consumption, and enhanced photo and video processing capabilities with a focus on artificial intelligence and deep learning. And all this enhanced by softwarewhich Google has done successfully in the past when Pixel phones without the most advanced camera sensors took the best pictures.

With the Tensor G5, Google will retreat from its dependence on Samsung (its main ally in Android) in chip design, although it must be said that, like the rest of the industry (Apple included), they will continue to be based on ARM licenses.