The Pixel 10 is still more than a year awayIn fact, the next generation in the pipeline is the Pixel 9 generation, which we expect to debut in October and which will be completed next May with the Pixel 9a. Rumors and leaks suggest that this year we will have a particularly large generation with no less than four models (Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL and 9 Fold), which will be completed with the 9a next year, for a total of five models with different variants.

So everything points to the fact that we will see a very interesting generation that will also make the most of all the news that will come with Android 15, an update that, according to what we have had the opportunity to see so far, is also promising. However, it seems that in the kitchen of Google A change is already being prepared that will be even more relevantand if there are no changes, it will arrive with the next generation, the Pixel 10.

Until the arrival of the Pixel 6 generation, Google used third-party SoCs (mainly from Qualcomm), but with the debut of Tensor chips, they began to entrust the performance of their smartphones to the design of their own engineers. Of course, Google does not have the capacity to produce its own chips, so until now (and this also applies to the future Tensor G4) Samsung has been responsible for their production.

However, it seems that this collaboration will end soon because, as we see in Android Authority, there have been references that Google will commission TSMC to manufacture the Tensor G5 SoC for the Pixel 10. This is something that has been rumored for several months, but this is the first time we have found a reference that we can consider official to this change, which could make an important difference in terms of both performance and efficiency, since it is known that that currently Samsung (with all due respect to the work of the Korean company) has not managed to reach the final quality level provided by TSMC.

The information provided in this publication is database for import and exportin which the first unit of the future chip that will power the Pixel 10 has been detected, a link in which the chip is identified by its codename “Laguna”, the revision number A0 (which means that we are talking about a version much older than the final chip) and that for its the encapsulation will use InFO POP, the same technology as the Apple A17.

Since the advent of Tensor SoCs, Pixel devices have excelled with their excellent optimization work, which is why many of us consider them to be one of the best options on the market. However, it is true that Its raw performance is lower than the top of the range from other manufacturers., something that Samsung’s limitations as a chip factory undoubtedly play a part in. So if the engineering teams at Google and TSMC are up to the task, and they are expected to be, we can expect a significant performance boost from the Pixel 10 compared to its predecessors, making them even more remarkable.