Google introduced 2 new Tensor Processing Units, expanding its eighth-generation lineup to 4 systems. The 8tx targets government agencies and regulated industries with hardware-level data protection, while the 8i Max is designed for AI agents handling enormous amounts of information. Google has spent more than a decade developing its own AI processors, originally to power services like Search and YouTube. Until recently, most TPUs were used internally. Now nearly 100 outside customers use the technology, and Google Cloud revenue more than doubled to $30.71 billion in the September quarter. The company is turning an internal Nvidia alternative into a commercial chip business. Nvidia still dominates the market, but Google is building a competing hardware and software ecosystem around its cloud customers.
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/tpu-8i-max-and-8tx/
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