Google’s custom-built processor is ridiculously powerful

Kevin Lancaster · Apr 6, 2017

Google’s custom-built processor is ridiculously powerful

Google has revealed the performance specifications of its Tensor Processing Unit.

UrBaN963 · Apr 6, 2017

Very interesting, but could you please provide an explanation for the graphic?

TPU/CPU & TPU/GPU, then TPU'/CPU and TPU'/GPU.

What is the difference between TPU and TPU Prime?

Thor · Apr 6, 2017

Death of Intel?

How does it compare to the i7?

AlphaJohn · Apr 6, 2017

s/Google/Cyberdyne/g;
s/TPU/T800/g

Know what I mean

UrBaN963 · Apr 6, 2017

AlphaJohn said:
s/Google/Cyberdyne/g;
s/TPU/T800/g

Know what I mean

No.

Messugga · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Death of Intel?

How does it compare to the i7?

You'll likely find that it's only super fast for very specific workloads.
SUN, for example, makes database servers that are supremely fast at database work, but struggle elsewhere.

xumwun · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Death of Intel?

How does it compare to the i7?

You can't really compare them, Googles chip is built for a very specific purpose.

c3n0byt3 · Apr 6, 2017

UrBaN963 said:
No.

Google becomes Cyberdyne and TPU becomes T800...everywhere.

ToxicBunny · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Death of Intel?

How does it compare to the i7?

Hardly.

This is an ASIC and its very specific to Googles TensorFlow system. Chip is clocked at around 700Mhz and is manufactured at 28nm

konfab · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Death of Intel?

How does it compare to the i7?

i7 is a general processor. It is good at everything, but not amazing at one specific thing.

This thing looks like it was specifically designed to train and implement deep recurrent neural networks.

martin · Apr 6, 2017

Yes but can it run Crysis?

UrBaN963 · Apr 6, 2017

c3n0byt3 said:
Google becomes Cyberdyne and TPU becomes T800...everywhere.

Thanks.

konfab · Apr 6, 2017

martin said:
Yes but can it run Crysis?

No. But it could learn how to play it, then beat you at it.

AlphaJohn · Apr 6, 2017

UrBaN963 said:
Thanks.

Oops, my bad. I thought the no was disagree not no dont get it.

Cyberdyne T800 Was the chipset that Skynet used for Terminator's. ala Skynet.

Necropolis · Apr 6, 2017

AlphaJohn said:
s/Google/Cyberdyne/g;
s/TPU/T800/g

Know what I mean

Bloody vim users...

Thor · Apr 6, 2017

konfab said:
No. But it could learn how to play it, then beat you at it.

Hahaha

Thor · Apr 6, 2017

ToxicBunny said:
Hardly.

This is an ASIC and its very specific to Googles TensorFlow system. Chip is clocked at around 700Mhz and is manufactured at 28nm

Oh I see. Sorry didn't know it's ASIC

Fck me let's mine bitcoin with these buggers.

ToxicBunny · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Oh I see. Sorry didn't know it's ASIC

Fck me let's mine bitcoin with these buggers.

Will be shyte at bitcoin mining.. that is not what this ASIC is about at all.

AlphaJohn · Apr 6, 2017

Thor187 said:
Oh I see. Sorry didn't know it's ASIC

Fck me let's mine bitcoin with these buggers.

Will only work for the 1st month or so. Then its gonna realize it doesn't need money and go back to watching cat video's

Thor · Apr 6, 2017

AlphaJohn said:
Will only work for the 1st month or so. Then its gonna realize it doesn't need money and go back to watching cat video's

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