Google Tensor

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Google Tensor
Manufacturer Google
Name Tensor
Architecture aarch64
CPU 2x 2.8GHz Arm Cortex-X1, 2x 2.25GHz Arm Cortex-A76, 4x 1.80GHz Arm Cortex-A55
GPU Mali-G78 MP20
NPU Edge TPU
Year 2021
Process 5nm
Components
CPU
Works
UART
Works
Storage
USB
Display
Broken
GPU
Pinctrl
I²C
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
NPU
Suspend
Ethernet


The Google Tensor is the first consumer SOC developed by Google for use in their consumer class devices. The Tensor chip first appeared in the 2021 Google Pixel 6 smartphone. The SOC marks googles first step in developing its own in house hardware for its devices. A main focus of this SOC is Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning performance and efficiency. The Tensor chip shares many similarities to the Exynos 2100.

Devices

Device Codename Mainline
Google Pixel 6 & 6 Pro google-oriole & google-raven
Google Pixel 6a google-bluejay

Mainline kernel

There is a mainline kernel fork with minimal support available here