Alphabet’s Google is introducing two new variations of its in-house tensor processing units, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
\n\nThe search giant’s shares were up more than 2% in premarket trading. Through last close, the stock has fallen 9% so far this year.
\n\nAlphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report.
\n\nGoogle’s homegrown chips, once reserved for internal use, have emerged as a challenger to Nvidia’s pricey graphics processors that dominate AI workloads worldwide.
\n\nThe TPU 8tx and 8i Max variants are not new chips, but reconfigured versions designed to handle workloads customers have been asking for, Google’s chief technologist for AI infrastructure Amin Vahdat told Bloomberg News.
\n\nThe 8tx is designed for secure and confidential workloads used by government agencies and companies in regulated industries, while the 8i Max is designed for AI applications that require long context windows, the report said.
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