Google announces two new specialized TPUs

First seen Nov 10 Updated Nov 10, 17:18 UTC Heat 20 medium evidence

Google unveiled two new TPU variants, TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max, part of its eighth generation introduced in April. TPU 8tx, designed with AMD, targets confidential training and inference. TPU 8i Max combines two TPU 8i chips.

Who should care: Teams running large or sensitive AI workloads on Google Cloud.

Key facts

TPU 8tx is based on TPU 8t

TPU 8tx keeps data and model weights isolated in hardware, Google says

TPU 8i Max doubles memory capacity, processing power and bandwidth versus TPU 8i

Context

Google aims to reduce dependence on chips made by other companies for its cloud business.

Timeline

Coverage

Nov 10, 15:54 UTC1h ago
Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chipstechcrunch.com · Techcrunch

Evidence

Medium evidence: several community reports point the same way, but there is no official confirmation yet.

Details written Nov 10, 17:17 UTC from the sources listed above.