Google’s Trillium: The TPU Chip Shaking Up AI’s Future artwork
The Quantum Drift

Google’s Trillium: The TPU Chip Shaking Up AI’s Future

  • S2E99
  • 14:18
  • November 13th 2024

Join Robert and Haley as they dive into Google Cloud’s newest breakthrough, the Trillium TPU, a powerful AI chip built to handle the next generation of large-scale AI tasks. Google’s sixth-generation TPU aims to take on Nvidia with 4x training boosts and 3x inference improvements over previous models. We’ll unpack what this means for AI efficiency, with Trillium offering:

  • Scaling Potential: Trillium can link up to 256 chips in a pod, making it ideal for massive AI models like Gemma 2 and Llama2.
  • Enhanced Performance: From diffusion models to LLMs, Trillium is delivering double the HBM and ICI bandwidth.
  • Energy Efficiency Focus: Google claims a 67% energy efficiency increase.

Tune in to see how this might change the AI landscape for tech giants and enterprises alike!


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