If you Buy a Google Pixel you do it for its camera, the clean Google software or the years and years of support. But, rarely, you do it for its processor. The tensor google have been showing behind their direct competition in something key in the high range: the power.
There are two responsible here: Google, and the company in which it has trusted during these years to develop its processors: Samsung Foundry. The agreement seems to have ended, and rumors about a new tensioning Google made by TSMC have been on the table for months.
Reuters now collects new news in this regard: the company is finalizing an alliance with MediaTak for the next tensor versions. Specifically, those that will be implemented in the 2026 Google Pixel. The company has not made statements about this decision or (still) official.
The reasons for betting on MediaTak is clear: the direct relationship of the Taiwanese giant with TSMC and the tight Price relationship against Broadcom, Google’s current partner. The company will not close relations with the American giant yet, since a good part of the hardware used to process functions of AI will remain in charge.
MediaTak is one of the strongest manufacturers currently in the semiconductor industry. He has managed to leave the ghosts of the past behind, and offers solutions at height (and even in some cases, above) of Qualcomm.
The Samsung semiconductor division, on the contrary, does not go through its best moment. Years of performance problems with the exynos make rumors about the division restructuring on the table.
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