Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome at Google Inc., holds a new Chromebook Pixel as he speaks at a launch event in San Francisco, California, USA on Thursday, February 21, 2013. Google Inc., owner of The Search Engine most popular in the world, it released a touchscreen version of the Chromebook laptop, which increased its challenge at Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. in terms of hardware.
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Google is nearing deploying its own CPUs or CPUs for its Chromebook laptops, according to a report from Nikkei Asia on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.
According to reports, the US technology giant plans to use its CPUs in Chromebooks and tablets running the company’s Chrome operating system from 2023. Google did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment .
CPUs can be considered the brains of a computer as they perform all the main tasks of a machine. Google currently uses CPUs manufactured by Intel and AMD to power its Chromebooks. According to reports, Google’s new chips are based on plans by Arm, the British chip designer owned by SoftBank, whose architectures power 90% of the world’s smartphones.
Earlier this month, Google announced it would build its own smartphone processor called the Google Tensor. The chip will power the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices that will go on sale this fall.
Read the full report on Nikkei Asia here.