It finally happened – Google bought modern image sensors to the Pixels! Previously it relied on its image processing magic, sometimes (but not always) backed by its custom chip, the Pixel Visual Core. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro do have a custom chip inside them, the most important chip, in fact. The Tensor is Google’s first custom chipset for mobile phones, crafted with the help of Samsung and its 5nm foundries. It’s an unusual chip, the first one we’ve seen with two Cortex-X1 cores (the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 only have one), plus it makes the odd decision to use the older...