Google’s Pixel chip dream faces delays and difficulties

Google has postponed its plan to launch a custom Pixel chip until 2025, at least according to a report by The Information. The delay is supposedly caused by the challenges faced by the Tensor team, which is developing the chip in-house, in terms of employees, coordination, and design. The Tensor team had to cancel several projects and license some of its features to Samsung, which makes the modified Exynos chipsets for Pixel phones. 

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Google's 'Tensor G3' chip rumoured to be Samsung-made

Rumours about Google's next Tensor processor have started to go around. According to a new report, the Tensor G3 will use Samsung's latest chip developments and stick with the same modem as the Pixel 7 series. The next-gen Pixel smartphones are reportedly using the chipset codenamed "Zuma." It'll reportedly be an offshoot of the Exynos 2300, which Samsung has reportedly been actively working on even if reports claim it'll ditch the chipset for its flagship Galaxy S23 series.

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'Diablo Immortal' seems unplayable on some Exynos-powered Samsungs

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Blizzard's Diablo Immortal has been about four years in the making. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working for a subset of users. On some devices using Samsung's own Exynos chipsets, the game is unplayable, with most complaining about textures not loading correctly. In a Reddit comment, a Blizzard spokesperson said that they are exploring the issues" and "For now, we may disable downloads for this set of devices while we work to address this. Apologies on this and we will be working on getting a fix up and ready as soon as possible."

Affected handsets include older Galaxy devices like the S10, Note 10, and A51 5G—even some S22 users have complained, though. But if you have a Qualcomm-powered version of the phone, you can download the game without any issues. If you're unsure what chipset your Samsung is running on, head to About Phone in your Settings menu.

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Samsung set to launch new Exynos chip on January 4

Just days away from CES 2018, Samsung is set to unveil the new processor that will power the upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones. Samsung Exynos Twitter account just tweeted: “Discover #TheNextExynos that goes beyond a component. Stay tuned.” It comes with an image that has the text “Beyond a Component” and the date January 4, 2018. You can’t glean much from this announcement but the said Exynos 9810 10nm processor is said to pack in an improved GPU and Category 18 LTE modem with peaked download speeds promised at up to 1.2Gbps. It’s being rumoured that Samsung is following in the footsteps of Qualcomm and Huawei and will be including a dedicated neural networking or AI processor in the 9810. We just have to wait a bit to see if there is any truth to these rumours.

Source: Android Authority