A custom-built AI chip from Google. Introduced in 2016 and used in Google Cloud datacenters, the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is designed for matrix multiplication, which is the type of processing ...

The Tensor G2's AI acceleration enables features like processing photos and translating languages. With it, converting speech to text is 70% faster. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Google recently announced at its I/O event its sixth tensor processing unit (TPU) called Trillium, and according to the company the new processor is designed for powerful next-generation AI models.

Will Google’s TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) emerge as a rival to NVIDIA’s GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)? Last month, Google announced its new AI model ‘Gemini 3,’ stating, “We used our self-developed ...

Chinese AI chip start-up Zhonghao Xinying has emerged as a home-grown alternative to Nvidia with a new tensor processing unit (TPU), just as Google shakes up Nvidia's lock on the market by selling its ...

A system-on-chip (SoC) from Google and Samsung for smartphones. The Tensor chip made its first appearance in Pixel 6 smartphones in 2021. Pixel Tensor chips contain the CPU, GPU and TPU (Tensor ...