# Google unveiled two new AI processors at its Cloud Next 2026 conference in Las Vegas.

*genai · news · 2026-04-23 · Decrypt*

## Key points

- Google unveiled two new AI processors, TPU 8t and TPU 8i, at Cloud Next 2026.
- TPU 8t achieves nearly 3x compute performance per pod and 2.8x price-to-performance over the previous generation.
- TPU 8i offers 3x more on-chip SRAM, up to 80% better performance per dollar, and double the performance per watt.
- Both chips use Google's Boardfly architecture, reducing network latency by up to 50% for communication-heavy workloads.
- Citadel Securities has adopted Google's new TPUs for powering their AI workloads, signaling enterprise adoption.

**Companies:** Google, Anthropic, Citadel Securities
**Countries:** United States

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