Google Previews Upcoming Pixel 6 With Custom Tensor SoC, Rear Camera Bar, In-Display Fingerprint Sensor and More

[boss.king]

I meant in reference to the m2 chip being in a Google device. It’s just sad they can’t come up with their own label for a “secure” chip. Does them allowing the m2 naming scheme mean Apple doesn’t have copyright on it?

Ah, gotcha. I assume they don't, but then again Apple has already recycled the M scheme for their own chip naming. It might be too generic a thing to trademark anyway as a bunch of other companies also have M-lines of products, and the argument for it being shorthand for Mark 2 (since it's actually called the Titan) would probably negate any lawsuit.

 

[gco212]

I meant in reference to the m2 chip being in a Google device. It’s just sad they can’t come up with their own label for a “secure” chip. Does them allowing the m2 naming scheme mean Apple doesn’t have copyright on it?

Well, since the Titan M launched in 2018, the Titan M2 certainly seems like the logical next name. Google should probably just sue Apple for infringing on it's rights to the letter "M."

 

[poked]

Well, since the Titan M launched in 2018, the Titan M2 certainly seems like the logical next name. Google should probably just sue Apple for infringing on it's rights to the letter "M."

mid pay great $$ to see that!

 

[Tig Bitties]

Second best.

True. Windows OS is good too.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

I welcome the competition.

If google can deliver the way Apple does, it makes the world a more secure place.

 

[Six0Four]

Not gonna lie, that's a nice design. Wow.

 

[dannyyankou]

It’ll be interesting to see what case manufacturers do. Will they just have a giant hole running through the entire width of the phone? Haha.

 

[moxin]

The phone back is ugly, also the software looks like some Chinese copy of iOS 7

 

[sw1tcher]

Google “We’ll name our security chip M2 and people will think it’s secure by association with Apple.”

People: “Sounds good we dumb.”

I believe the 2 refers to 2nd generation of Titan M chip

Google has been using the Titan M chip since 2018

The Tiny Chip That Powers Up Pixel 3 Security

Google's latest flagship smartphone includes the Titan M, a security-focused chip that keeps users safe against sophisticated attacks.

www.wired.com

at least 2 years before Apple came out with their own M chip

And Apple's security chip is T series, not M series

 

[CapitalQ]

The phone back is ugly, also the software looks like some Chinese copy of iOS 7

You know your iPhone came from China, right?

 

[sw1tcher]

I meant in reference to the m2 chip being in a Google device. It’s just sad they can’t come up with their own label for a “secure” chip. Does them allowing the m2 naming scheme mean Apple doesn’t have copyright on it?

🤦‍♂️ Apple's security chip is T series, not M series. And Google's been using the M nomenclature for chips before Apple

 

[gaximus]

Who was first to use the “Pro” designation for larger devices?

I think Google, as Apple never used pro as a bigger device, just a better device.

 

[boss.king]

You know your iPhone came from China, right?

Someone who can look at the current design of Android and see iOS 7 clearly isn't focused on facts and objective truth.

 

[PlutoPrime]

Ah yes.. finally a chip with a SAE (Secure Advertising Enclave) fully integrated for maximum experience. Ads so deeply integrated into the silicon, that even Sundar Pichai can't turn them off.

 

[bobmans]

Let's see if this is a rebranded, slightly modified Exynos chip like rumoured or not. Google releasing very little details about this chip and being so vague makes me assume it is.

 

[Captain Trips]

I think Google, as Apple never used pro as a bigger device, just a better device.

Well, the iPad Pros are bigger than the other (contemporary) iPad models, right?

I agree that Apple markets the Pro devices as better, though. 👍

 

[Captain Trips]

Ah yes.. finally a chip with a SAE (Secure Advertising Enclave) fully integrated for maximum experience. Ads so deeply integrated into the silicon, that even Sundar Pichai can't turn them off.

Maybe this will be the next Facebook phone?

 

[usagora]

And people complained that the various iPhone "camera bumps" looked ugly? LOL 🤣 They look like works of art compared to this.

 

[alpi123]

Why on Earth would they go back to the unsymmetrical bezels... one would think they learned their lesson

 

[coolfactor]

Interesting name for that custom ML chip.

There's an open-source machine-learning technology called TensorFlow (https://www.tensorflow.org), so is Google building this technology into a hardware chip and stealing the name?

 

[alpi123]

*wrong thread*

 

[poked]

🤦‍♂️ Apple's security chip is T series, not M series. And Google's been using the M nomenclature for chips before Apple

Tell that to the user who specifically said M chip series:

Google “We’ll name our security chip M2 and people will think it’s secure by association with Apple.”

People: “Sounds good we dumb.”

 

[coolfactor]

And why do the last 3 of us have the same MacRumors #?

Maybe that's the largest number that the MR database can store? hahaha

"I can't count any higher, daddy."

 

[coolfactor]

I think it looks great. Soon as RCS matures well finally have a way out of Apples Lagging Tech.

Lagging? Really?

 

[coolfactor]

Not only is it not a rebranded Exynos SoC, but Google's been designing and using their Tensor processor since 2015

Tensor Processing Unit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ah! You've answered my question. First, I had never heard of Tensor, and I didn't realize that TensorFlow was "Google's" platform. I thought Google was just a member. Man, it's hard to keep ahead of technology!