Is Google Finally Ready to Declare Independence from Qualcomm?
Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is gearing up to launch a new chip for its own hardware devices, according to Axios. The chip, codenamed Whitechapel, was reportedly designed by Google and manufactured with Samsung's 5nm process.
Google recently received the first working versions of Whitechapel, which sports an 8-core ARM processor optimized for Google's machine-learning tasks. Axios claims the chips might start powering its Pixel phones next year, while subsequent versions could power Chromebooks in the future.
This report isn't surprising since the production of in-house chips would help Google challenge Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which designs its own chipsets and reduce its dependence on Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), the world's largest mobile chipmaker. But is Google really ready to cut ties with Qualcomm?
Source Fool.com
