Google announced two new versions of its eighth-gen AI chips.
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TL;DR
- Google announced two new eighth-generation AI chips.
- The TPU 8tx is for confidential computing, serving government agencies and regulated businesses.
- The TPU 8i Max is designed for AI applications with large context windows.
- Google also released the TPU 8t and 8i in April.
- This marks a total of four new TPUs launched by Google in one year.