Samsung, who, for lack of its own semiconductor production, ordered a Tensor mobile processor, has already started testing a third-generation chip, reports the Dutch GalaxyClub resource. It is likely that the two companies will cooperate for a long time.
Google Tensor was the first attempt by a search giant to develop its own mobile platform. The first-generation chip had a model S5P9845 index and the second, according to unconfirmed information, S5P9855. Samsung is already testing the S5P9865 chip, approved in GalaxyClub. Based on the proposed model numbering scheme, a test by a Korean chip manufacturer could indeed be a third-generation Google Tensor mobile processor, it also received the code name Ripcurrent, and the previous version of the processor was named Claudripper.
The first Google Tensor debuted on Pixel 6 and 6Pro smartphones last October, which was also used in Pixel 6a's later announced smartphone. This year, Pixel 7 and 7 Pro's phones are expected to be released on a second-generation chip, and the third-generation processor that is now being tested is likely to debut with the Pixel 8 line, which should be expected a year later.
Samsung is also working on a successor to the Xynos 1280 medium-level mobile chip, which uses the Galaxy A53 and A33 models. The new processor is marked by a model index of S5E8835, while Exynos 1280 is numbered S5E8825, which means it's now talking about a successor, perhaps called Exynos 1380.