Google Rolls Out More AI Chips in Escalating Nvidia Challenge
Bloomberg Technology reports that Google is rolling out a broader array of AI chips, extending its challenge to Nvidia in a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The report describes new versions of Google's TPU systems but provides no specifications, customer commitments or independent corroboration.
A wider rollout of Google's TPU systems represents a material expansion of its competition with Nvidia in the AI chip market.
Google has introduced two new versions of its in-house AI chips, known as tensor processing units (TPUs).
The TPU 8tx is designed for running AI workloads on sensitive data, while the TPU 8i Max targets large-scale applications that need more computing power and memory.
The launch brings Google’s eighth-generation TPU lineup to four systems. The company unveiled the first two, the TPU 8t and TPU 8i, at its Cloud Next event in April. Google said this is the first time it has introduced four TPU systems in a single year.