Google Pixel 10 smartphones to launch with renewed camera focus thanks to in-house ISP
Google has just unveiled the Pixel 9a ahead of its full launch next month. However, leaker Kamila Wojciechowska continues to look ahead to the Pixel 10 series, which is reportedly due in around six months' time.
According to the leaker, all Pixel 10 flagships are still on track to launch with Google's Tensor G5 chipset. To recap, the Tensor G4 inside the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro (curr. $849 on Amazon) and Pixel 9a, made incremental progress over the Tensor G3. By contrast, the Tensor G5 is expected to step out of Samsung's shadow, with Google shifting to fully in-house chipset development instead.
As we have discussed previously, Google is said to have turned to TSMC and its 3 nm nodes for the Tensor G5, which Wojciechowska claims will underpin ARM Cortex CPU cores and an Imagination Technologies (IMG) DXT GPU. Additionally, Tensor G5 is said to represent a shift to an in-house image signal processor (ISP), which should help improve efficiency when processing photos and videos. According to Wojciechowska, the Tensor G5 will differ from the Tensor G4 in the following areas:
| Tensor G4 | Tensor G5 | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ARM Cortex | ARM Cortex |
| GPU | ARM Mali | Imagination Technologies DXT |
| Display Controller | Samsung DPU | VerSilicon DC9000 |
| Audio Processor | Google AoC | Google AoC |
| Memory Compressor | Google Emerald Hill | Google Emerald Hill |
| DSP | Google GXP | Google GXP (Next Gen) |
| TPU | Google Edge TPU | Google Edge TPU (Next-Gen) |
| Video Codec | Google Big Wave (AV1 Only)Samsung MFC (all other formats) | Chips&Media WAVE677DV |
| ISP | Samsung ISP with custom Google blocks | Fully-custom Google ISP |
| MIPI DSI PHY, CSI PHY, DisplayPort PHY,I3C, I2C, SPI, LPDDR5x PHY | Samsung-built | Synopsis DesignWare IP Cores |
| SPMI Controller | Samsung-built | SmartDV SPMI |
| PWM Controller | Samsung-built | Faraday Technologies FTPWMTMR010 |
| UFS Controller | Samsung-built | Probably third-party, no info available |
| USB3 Core | Synopsys DesignWare USB3 | Synopsys DesignWare USB3 |
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