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> Which GPUs they offer and how much, nobody knows. They might not offer GPUs at all. It may be that Google is planning to build a cloud using their own propri

by n00b101 10y ago

> Which GPUs they offer and how much, nobody knows. They might not offer GPUs at all. It may be that Google is planning to build a cloud using their own proprietary "Tensor Processing Unit" chip designed for TensorFlow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_processing_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_processing_unit)

visarga 10y ago
TPUs are only useful for prediction, not for training.
- mikecb 10y ago
  Unless I missed something, whether or not they are for training or inference has not been clarified.
  - Eridrus 10y ago
    They mention that they use them for inference in one of the TF papers; also the focus on per watt efficiency rather than speed/memory means it's probably for inference.