Due to the fact that Android is open source, developers and enthusiasts sometimes manage to find interesting facts in the firmware. This time, they managed to find confirmation of rumors that Google is creating a processor that will be used in the Pixel 6.
So, in the reports of 9to5Google and XDA developers, a mention of the Whitechapel platform was found in the Android Open-Source Project code. Recall that in their leaks, insiders talking about the proprietary chip from Google mentioned this name and called it GS101. Presumably GS is Google Silicon.
Earlier it was reported that the chipset is being developed by Google in conjunction with Samsung. Therefore, a number of experts do not exclude that it will be an upgraded version of some Exynos chip.
It is also known that the abbreviation P21 is inseparably present in the firmware code along with Whitechapel. Most likely, we are talking about Pixel 2021. And the new chip from Google will receive a smartphone in 2021.
In addition, Whitechapel is expected to be a platform using 5nm technology standards. In addition, it will include eight processor cores, including two Cortex-A78s, a pair of Cortex-A76 cores and a quartet of Cortex-A55 cores. However, the graphics accelerator will be ARM Mali.
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