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Lightmatter's lead ASIC engineer Clifford Chao joins OpenAI as silicon lead
Also worked at Google on TPUs
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Oracle will offer Google’s TPU AI chips via OCI in multi-gigawatt deployment
Will be the first hyperscaler to offer Google’s TPU outside of Google
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Google data center strategic sourcing exec heads to OpenAI
Allyson Fealtman to focus on high-speed interconnect and rack power
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Google-Blackstone's TPU neocloud named Crux AI, hires Meta's data center engineering head Alan Duong
Plans hiring spree ahead of 2GW/year ramp
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Google rumored to have partnered with AMD on TPU v10, as shipments of current generations revised down - report
Details disclosed in a report from research firm SemiAnalysis
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Google grows TPU stash by ~$7bn in last year
As company seeks to increasingly sell TPUs, not just lease them
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Google developing new chip to run Gemini AI model more efficiently – report
The hardware, dubbed Frozen v2, is slated for launch in 2028
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FBI considers deploying AI LLM supercomputers with Nvidia B300 GPUs or Google TPUs
Could deploy multiple systems, from training to inference
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Asad Malik named head of compute finance & strategy at Anthropic, joins from Google
As company ramps up cloud spend and its own data center infrastructure
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Broadcom, Apollo, and Blackstone launch 20GW XPU platform
Initial $35 billion to serve Anthropic, via Fluidstack
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Nebius, Lambda, and CoreWeave unlikely to buy Google TPUs any time soon
We love Nvidia chips, say Nvidia-backed firms
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Google to sell TPUs to a "select group of customers" for their data centers, increases capex forecast
Company sees strong Q1 for FY2026
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Google unveils eighth-generation TPUs, two dedicated training and inference chips
“Purpose-build architectures” designed to support model training and inference workloads
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CoreWeave partners with Google Cloud on cross-cloud training and inference
Launches "CoreWeave Interconnect"
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Google in discussions with Marvell for development of two inference chips – report
Follows announcement that Broadcom will develop Google TPUs until 2031
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Taara brings wireless light-based magic to Disney, Netflix, and more
Alphabet spin-out sees free-space optics used for remote film and TV productions in Cintegral deal
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Google commits to multiyear Intel CPU deployments, will collaborate with chipmaker on custom IPU development
Financial terms of agreement have not been shared
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Broadcom to develop Google TPUs until 2031; Anthropic signs deal with both companies for 3.5GW of TPUs
Financial terms of agreements have not been disclosed
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Google's 105-qubit Willow quantum processor opens for early access
Researchers invited to use not-yet-public chip that’s five times more reliable than its predecessor
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Google expands quantum roadmap to include neutral atoms as well as superconducting qubits
Google says focusing on second modality with increase its ability to deliver mission sooner
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Microsoft claims to be first hyperscaler to "power on" Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 system
Plus the other clouds set to adopt the latest generation of Nvidia AI infrastructure
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Apple to use Google's Gemini models and cloud for its consumer AI
After internal efforts stall, company turns to longtime rival
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Broadcom touts growing sales with Anthropic, AI orders
And a new unnamed XPU customer is teased
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Google must double AI capacity every six months to meet demand - report
All-hands meeting coinciding with GA of Ironwood release reveals extent of AI demand
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Project Suncatcher: Google to launch TPUs into orbit with Planet Labs, envisions 1km arrays of 81-satellite compute clusters
Latest in a wave of space data center announcements
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Google Cloud instances with Nvidia GB300s now "shipping in production"
A4X Max instance contains 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 Nvidia Grace CPUs
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Google says TPU demand is outstripping supply, claims 8yr old hardware iterations have “100% utilization”
The future of processors lies in specialized architecture, Google’s VP and GM of AI and infrastructure, Amin Vahdat, said
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Google and Anthropic confirm massive 1GW+ cloud deal with up to 1 million Google TPUs
Contract worth "tens of billions of dollars"