On an amusing sidenote: Texas Instruments was one of the first investors in P.A. Semi, the fabless semiconductor company that was acquired by Apple in 2008, paving the way for the Curpertino consumer electronics giant to start manufacturing its own custom chips for products like the iPhone, iPod and iPad. (thenextweb.com)
Google has hired away veteran chip architect Manu Gulati from Apple, with the goal of building its own custom chips for future Pixel phones. (cultofmac.com)
Google may only be using one camera in the Pixel 2, but it's got a trick up its sleeve — in the form of a new custom chip designed in - house called the Pixel Visual Core. (androidcentral.com)