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This is totally fascinating. Frankly, it sounds to me like they're having severe yield+reliability problems with the TPUv4s that aren't getting caught by wafer
by KirillPanov 3y ago
This is totally fascinating.
Frankly, it sounds to me like they're having severe yield+reliability problems with the TPUv4s that aren't getting caught by wafer-level testing, and have binned the flakiest ones for use by outsiders.
A lot of yield issues show up as spontaneous resets/crashes.
- nl 3y agoIt's more likely Google preempting researcher who are on a preemptable research grant, and it is happening a lot more often because there are more paying customers.
- KirillPanov 3y ago"Preemptable money" sounds like the kind of bullshit I would use to cover up failed chips. And yes, I am a VLSI engineer.