Google likely to use its own chipset, ditch Snapdragon for Pixel 6

Tech giant Google is reportedly working on its own chipset codenamed Whitechapel that will power its upcoming Pixel 6 device.

According to documents viewed by 9To5Google, ‘Whitechapel’ is used in connection with the codename ‘Slider’.

‘Slider’ is a shared platform for the first Whitechapel systems on a chip (SoC).

Internally, Google refers to this chip as “GS101,” with “GS” potentially being short for “Google Silicon,” the report said on Friday.

‘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.