# Google announces two new Tensor Processing Units.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-22 · The News International*

## Key points

- Google announced distinct TPUs for training (8t) and inference (8i) tasks, a historical first.
- TPU 8i dramatically increases high-bandwidth memory to address inference's 'memory wall' bottleneck.
- Google's TPUs now offer compatibility with Nvidia tooling, easing transitions for customers using Nvidia hardware.
- Google Cloud will soon provide access to Nvidia's Vera Rubin GPU series alongside its own TPUs.
- AI investment focus is shifting from training models to deploying reasoning agents that run at inference.

**Companies:** Google, Nvidia, Apple, Anthropic
**Countries:** United States

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