The Tensor G4 is likely to be the last SoC Google will find Samsung to mass-produce, and next year it will change its strategy and switch to TSMC foundry on the Tensor G5 used in the Pixel 10 series. Previously leaked database information indicates that samples of the Tensor G5 produced by TSMC have been sent out for verification.
According to Wccftech, the Tensor G5 has entered the tape-out stage and is expected to be mass-produced next year and will be manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process. This means that the new SoC has entered the final stage of the design process, and all that remains for Google is to provide TSMC with the shipments it needs next year, and the foundry will do the rest of the work.
The exact configuration of the Tensor G5 is unclear for the time being, and Google is rumored to have developed a custom CPU and GPU specifically to close the performance and efficiency gap with its competitors and provide a flagship product worth looking forward to. Google hopes that the new SoC will no longer be plagued by yield rates, and the Tensor G5 will be the first chip in partnership with TSMC to be used exclusively for the Pixel series of product lines.
In the near future, Qualcomm and MediaTek also intend to follow Apple's lead and choose TSMC's 3nm process. In other words, the upcoming next-generation flagship smartphones, no matter which chip design company's SoC they are equipped with, most of them are at the same level in terms of semiconductor processes, which can allow everyone to better compare the performance of chips. Compared to Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek, Google's SoC obviously does not have an advantage in architecture, but with the same manufacturing process, it may close the gap in performance.
Samsung is still plagued by yields, which are rumored to be "lower than expected" on the second-generation 3nm process (SF3) used in the Exynos 2500, which is currently only 20%. If the situation does not improve in the coming months, it may force Samsung to abandon the SoC and switch to an all-Qualcomm platform on the Galaxy S25 series to be launched next year.