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Google reworks TPU silicon into specialized systems for agents and security
Tom's Hardware · By Shane Downing ·
The Brief
- Google has introduced TPU 8tx, which uses the same silicon as the TPU 8t announced in April.
- According to the source URL, TPU 8tx replaces Arm host CPUs with AMD EPYC.
- According to the source URL, a TPU 8i Max variant puts two chips on one package for long-context work.
Why it matters
Developers running AI workloads on Google's TPUs may get new hardware options for agent, inference and long-context work, though the available excerpt gives few details on availability or pricing.
Who’s affected
- Teams running AI training or inference on Google Cloud TPUs
Google's eighth-generation TPU family has now expanded further. Back in April, the company announced TPU 8t for training AI models and TPU 8i for general-purpose inference workloads. Google has now introduced TPU 8tx, built on the same silicon as the previously announced 8t, for…