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Google made its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit, Ironwood, generally available to cloud customers on Tuesday at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas.
Google is splitting its TPU line for the first time with separate training and inference chips for v8.
KEY POINTS
- TPU 8t (Broadcom) and TPU 8i (MediaTek) target TSMC's 2nm node for late 2027 delivery.
- Ironwood superpods provide cluster-scale performance 24 times higher than El Capitan supercomputer.
- Anthropic's cloud deal expands to 3.5 gigawatts of compute in 2027, anchoring both TPU generations.
- Google has committed $175–$185 billion to infrastructure in 2026, nearly double its 2025 spending.
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