Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)
A tensor processing unit is a custom AI chip designed by Google to speed up neural network training and inference.
What is Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)?
TPUs are used for Google's own models, including Gemini, and offered through Google Cloud. They are an example of application-specific chips competing with GPUs.
How it works
TPUs use large matrix-multiply units optimised for the tensor operations at the heart of deep learning.
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