Yahoo Finance Google To Ditch Qualcomm And Develop Its Own Smartphone Processors This Year
Search engine giant Google has announced that it would no longer be using Qualcomm’s processors on its smartphones as it would start building its own processors this year.
Google To Start Building Its Processors This Year
Tech giant Google revealed earlier today that it would start building its own smartphone processors this year. According to its announcement, the processor would be called Google Tensor, and it will serve its new Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones set to be released later this year.
This latest development means that Google will no longer be using chips manufactured by Qualcomm. However, Qualcomm pointed out that it would continue to work with the search engine giant on existing and future products based on its Snapdragon platform.
The Google Tensor processor is expected to power the company’s new flagship phones, which are expected to be launched in October. The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones will see Google move away from offering affordable smartphones to high-end products. Google is looking to compete with Apple and Samsung by offering more high-end products to its customers.
The move by Google is similar to that of Apple. The iPhone manufacturer ditched Intel and began manufacturing its own processors. Similar to Apple, Google will use Arm-based architecture for its processors. Arm processors are usually lower power and are mostly used across the industry for mobile devices, such as phones, tablets and laptops.
Qualcomm And Google Shares All Up As The Market Opens
The shares of Qualcomm and Google are both up as the United States market opens today. QCOM is up by 0.05% today despite the news that Google will no longer be using its smartphone processors. Year-to-date, QCOM has remained rather flat as it began the year trading at $150, and it is now trading at $149.90 per share.
GOOGL, on the other hand, is up by 0.08% so far today. Google is one of the best-performing stocks this year, up by 53% year-to-date. Google began 2021 trading at $1,752 per share, but an extended rally has seen it gone up by nearly $1,000 as it is now trading at $2,696.
This article was originally posted on FX Empire
