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 ...

Google has spent more than a decade developing silicon, a bet that's paying off in a big way from the AI boom. The company says increased demand for its Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, is one reason ...

TPUs are Google’s specialized ASICs built exclusively for accelerating tensor-heavy matrix multiplication used in deep learning models. TPUs use vast parallelism and matrix multiply units (MXUs) to ...

Google is reportedly looking for a new partner to produce the next generation of TPUs, and Samsung is said to be the leading candidate.

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 ...

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 ...

The Google Tensor G5 has been announced, and the company claims that it brings the biggest leap in performance yet, as far as Tensor chips are concerned. This is the first TSMC-made Tensor chip with a ...

The Pixel 10 series is powered by the Tensor G5, Google’s biggest upgrade to its custom silicon. Google touts deeper customization, starting with how it’s manufactured by TSMC on the latest 3nm ...