Samsung and Google team up to build next-generation Pixel smartphones

Samsung Electronics is working with Google to develop the next-generation Pixel smartphone. This phone may be released as early as this year.

The cooperation between Samsung Electronics and Google is expected to further expand its brand value and global footprint. Samsung Electronics’ goal is to become a global leader in system semiconductors by 2030.

Previously, in 2011 and 2012, Samsung and Google had reached a mutual cooperation agreement to develop the Google Nexus series. But after Google switched to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor in its Pixel series of smartphones, the two companies ended their partnership in 2016.

“Samsung Exynos Packaging” by minimalist ㅤ, Wonchan Lee is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Earlier, at the beginning of this month, there were reports that Google would no longer use Qualcomm’s top-level processor Snapdragon 865. Now, there are reports that the company’s upcoming Pixel 5 flagship smartphone will not use Qualcomm’s top chipset.

Last week, sammobile reported that Samsung Electronics plans to develop a customized 5nm Exynos chipset for Google. This chipset may be used by Google as early as this year.

It is reported that this chipset will be manufactured using Samsung’s 5nm LPE process, and may use ARM’s unpublished Mali MP20 GPU. Google may use this upcoming chipset in its next-generation Pixel smartphones, Chrome OS devices, and even data center servers.

In addition, according to reports, Google has been exploring other alternative suppliers and even considering building their own chips for their phones before collaborating with Samsung to produce customized chipsets.