Google Cloud Unveils New AI Chips TPU 8t and 8i
Google Cloud Unveils New AI Chips TPU 8t and 8i
Publish Date: 2026-04-23 08:19:00
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- Google Cloud introduced two new AI chips as part of its latest generation of TPUs, the TPU 8t and the TPU 8i, for model training and inference respectively.
- These new chips promise significant performance gains, with up to three times faster model training and increased cost efficiency.
- Google claims it can link more than one million TPUs into a single cluster, optimizing energy consumption and operational costs for large-scale computing tasks.
- Despite launching new custom chips, Google Cloud maintains its partnership with Nvidia and plans to continue using Nvidia’s processors, including the upcoming Vera Rubin architecture.
- Google and Nvidia are collaborating to enhance networking performance in data centers, specifically with the Falcon networking technology.
