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Alphabet Sends Its AI Chips Into Orbit on SpaceX Rocket
Original: Alphabet Launches Homegrown AI Tensor Processing Chips Into Orbit On SpaceX Rocket
Alphabet has launched its homegrown Tensor Processing Units, the AI chips it designs for its data centers, into space aboard a SpaceX rocket. The move points to Alphabet's interest in testing or deploying its custom silicon beyond Earth, including potential space-based computing. It also underscores the deepening ties between Google's parent company and Elon Musk's launch business as tech giants race to expand AI infrastructure in orbit.
Why now: The unusual combination of Alphabet's custom AI chips and a SpaceX launch highlights the emerging race to move AI computing into space.
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