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Google’s TPUs May Deliver ‘Impressive’ Performance, But One Overlooked Bottleneck Could Bring External Scaling to a Halt Before It Even Begins

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Google’s TPUs have made headlines across the AI world, following reports of external adoption; however, there’s an angle to this that might prove to be a significant constraint. Google’s ‘Ironwood’ AI Chips Are Seeing Immense Market Spotlight, But There’s a Problem With This The interest around ASICs is massive in today’s world of AI computing, mainly since it is believed that in the next layer of AI application, which is inferencing, chips like Google’s TPUs will dominate with better TCOs and performance capabilities. Following the introduction of Google’s 7th-generation Ironwood TPUs, companies like Meta and Anthropic showed interest in integrating […]

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