Japanese firms eye GPU alternatives as costs bite, with Korean NPU joining the mix

Japanese companies are increasingly looking for alternatives to graphics processing units (GPUs) as soaring costs make it ...
Computer Weekly

What are tensor processing units and what is their role in AI?

There are central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs) and even data processing units (DPUs) – all of which are well-known and commonplace now. GPUs in particular have seen a ...

Alphabet (GOOGL) Is Turning Its TPU Chips Into An AI Compute Business

Alphabet is moving to commercialize its custom AI chips, known as Tensor Processing Units, by selling TPU capacity to ...

Google attempts to enter Nvidia's domain with chip sales to neoclouds: report

Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) is attempting to sell its tensor processing units to up-and-coming neoclouds, entering an arena nearly ...
Digi Times

Nvidia defends GPU lead as Google TPU gains traction in AI chip market

Nvidia has asserted that its graphics processing unit (GPU) platform remains a full generation ahead of its competitors, responding to increased attention on Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) in ...
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AI start-up offers local alternative to Google’s TPU as China seeks to cut Nvidia reliance

Zhonghao Xinying was founded in 2018 by Yanggong Yifan, a Stanford and University of Michigan-trained electrical engineer Chinese AI chip start-up Zhonghao Xinying has emerged as a home-grown ...
Digi Times

Google's TPU strategy mounts fresh challenge to Nvidia's GPU lead

Google's expanding Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) strategy is emerging as a serious challenge to Nvidia's long-running dominance in AI accelerators, particularly after a report from The Information ...