Google's Tensor G4 chip is mediocre in every way but one. It's not as powerful as competing products from Qualcomm, MediaTek, or Apple. It doesn't have the same GPU that spits out numbers faster than software can use them. It's not even very efficient. It's not bad, and it certainly does its job in ways almost everyone can appreciate, but it's not some over-the-top super chip.
Except when it comes to AI. Google's AI in particular. Google has complete iron-fist-level control over its entire AI stack. It writes the software, designs the algorithms, controls what parts are off-loaded to a cloud-based server and it designed the NPU inside its in-house processor to best take advantage of it all.
