https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/the-pixel-2s-custom-camera-soc-uses-intel-technology/ >Google's Pixel 2 smartphone doesn't just have one of the best smartphone cameras ever; it also has custom silicon dedicated to the camera that isn't even active yet. Besides the Snapdragon 835, the Pixel 2 has a whole other SoC for image processing called the "Pixel Visual Core." The chip represents Google's first-ever consumer SoC, but Google didn't build the chip on its own. CNBC found out the chip was a collaboration between Intel and Google.