In creating the Tensor G6 for the Pixel 11 sequence, Google talks about issues customers have had in previous generations, with battery life unsurprisingly enjoying a job.
In Tensor G6 design/planning paperwork seen by Android Authority, Google talks about over 86% of Pixel 6/7 customers not making it via the day (“MITTD”), whereas “Battery life is at all times on the prime of conjoint research.” Nothing about that — together with how “Good battery life attracts person & drives loyalty with larger satisfaction” — is especially shocking.
Of observe is a line about how “Customers anticipate 36 hrs of battery life.” In context, that’s presumably what Google discovered after surveying customers.
It’s unclear if that expectation is in the end what Google needs to attain with Tensor G6 and Pixel down the street, or whether or not it’s simply one thing they’re protecting in thoughts. As of the Pixel 9 sequence, Google touts “24+ hour battery life” on the specs sheet, whereas the Pixel 6 Professional-8 Professional had “Past 24-hour battery life.” What has modified over time is Excessive Battery Saver life going from as much as 48-hours on the 6 Professional to 72 hours on the 7/8 Professional and now as much as 100 hours this 12 months.
36 hours of battery life would possibly let a person go about their day in the event that they overlook to cost their cellphone in a single day. Most individuals at this level are skilled to plug in on the finish of the day, however accidents do occur.
The remainder of the doc talks about needing to get the price of the chip down as “Tensor primarily based Pixel packages haven’t met our monetary targets.” Particularly, there’s a goal of “~$65 to make this enterprise viable.”
To realize that, the purpose is to make Tensor G6 bodily smaller than the G5 (121 mm² to 105 mm²), and eradicating varied elements. For instance, the GPU will drop ray tracing assist after introducing it a era earlier. Different examples embody eradicating cores and decreasing caches throughout the chip. After all, none of that is finalized but.
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