Google Launches Ironwood: 7th-Generation TPU for AI Workloads

Google recently introduced Ironwood, its seventh-generation tensor processing unit (TPU), designed specifically to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) models.

  • Ironwood is the latest advancement in Google's AI-focused hardware line, building on a legacy that started with the first TPU in 2015.

What are Processing Units?

  • Processing units are the "brains" of computers, handling tasks like calculations, sending texts, or taking photos, similar to how the human brain manages different activities.

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CPU (Central Processing Unit)

General-purpose processor developed in the 1950s; manages a wide variety of tasks sequentially, acting as the conductor of computer operations.

Early CPUs had 1 core; modern CPUs have 2–16 cores ....

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