Google didnt spill all the details about the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL at its October 4th event. As it turns out, these phones have a secret weapon: Googles first custom imaging chip (and indeed first system-on-chip of any kind), the Pixel Visual Core. The eight-core processor works closely with software to handle Googles machine learning-assisted HDR+ photography up to five times faster than the Pixel 2s main CPU, all the while using a tenth of the energy.
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