Google’s Whitechapel Expected to be Behind Qualcomm, Apple Flagship Chipsets

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Google seems to be working on its next flagship phone dubbed as the Pixel 6. We have already witnessed a series of leaks and rumours about the smartphone but nothing’s been confirmed yet. Moreover, the company is yet to reveal anything about the handset. In the latest development, it has been reported that the company is planning to launch the Pixel 6 with Google’s GS101 processor which is codenamed “Whitechapel.” This means that the search giant is no more reliable on Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

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According to the report from 9to5Google, the search giant has joined hands with Samsung and the folks at Samsung’s System Large-scale Integration (SLSI) division are the ones who are taking care of CPU cores, memory modems and integration of other SoC components. Furthermore, the report suggests that Samsung’s 5nm LPE fabrication process is being used to build the Samsung chipset.

It seems that Google is planning to launch the devices with Whitechapel chips in 2021, maybe in the second half of the year. The documentation viewed by the folks at 9to5Google suggests that Google will launch the Pixel phone by this fall and it would be powered by the company’s Whitechapel platform. Earlier it was rumoured that the company is following Apple’s strategy by developing its in-house chipset which can be used in Pixel phones and Chromebooks. Exactly how Apple uses its chipsets in iPhones and Mac.

Going with the SamMobile report, the Google chipset has some similar characteristics like Exynos processor, this also includes software components. But we can safely assume that Google will remove Samsung’s default ISP and NPU components and encrypt its designs. Reports also suggest that the Pixel 6 series is codenamed ‘Slider’ and the series consist of two phones with code names ‘Raven’ and ‘Oriole’. These two smartphones could be the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 XL. Both the smartphones are expected to launch in the third quarter of 2021. It would be interesting to see how Google’s first in-house processor is going to perform and how it’s going to stand against Snapdragon chipsets.