Chips and hardwareUpdated November 9

Google gives two TPUs different AI jobs.

Google is pitching the two additions as answers to different needs in agentic AI. The TPU 8tx is intended for confidential inference and small-scale training; Wccftech reports that it pairs with custom AMD EPYC CPU hosts. Google says some highly regulated customers want specialized encryption, and that its new systems address those needs. The TPU 8i Max is aimed at memory-heavy workloads. According to the report, it combines two TPU 8i chips in one package, offering another kind of fit for AI agents.

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