From what we can piece together, we believe that Slider is a shared platform for the first Whitechapel SoC. In the document, Whitechapel is used in connection with the codename “Slider” - a reference we’ve also found in the Google Camera app. According to documentation viewed by 9to5Google, this fall’s Pixel phones will indeed be powered by Google’s Whitechapel platform.
Per that report, Google would be ready to launch devices with Whitechapel chips as soon as 2021. Google was said to be co-developing Whitechapel with Samsung, whose Exynos chips rival Snapdragon processors in the Android space. Many interpreted that as a confirmation that Google would be developing their own processors, an effort codenamed “Whitechapel.”įirst rumored in early 2020, Whitechapel is an effort on Google’s part to create their own systems on a chip (SoCs) to be used in Pixel phones and Chromebooks alike, similar in to how Apple uses their own chips in the iPhone and Mac. 9to5Google can report today that Google’s upcoming phones for this fall, including the presumed Pixel 6, will be among the first devices to run on the “GS101” Whitechapel chip.ĭuring an earnings call last fall, Google CEO Sundar Pichai teased “some deeper investments in hardware” and that there was a “terrific roadmap ahead” in 2021.
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