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I thought they use GPU for learning and TPU for inference, I’m open to been corrected.
by chrismustcode 1y ago
I thought they use GPU for learning and TPU for inference, I’m open to been corrected.
- dekhn 1y agono. for internal training most work is done on TPUs, which have been explicitly designed for high performance training.
- cendyne 1y agoI've heard its a mixture because they can't source enough in-house compute
- xnx 1y agoSome details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42392310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42392310
- surajrmal 1y agoThe first tpu they made was inference only. Everything since has been used for training. I think that means they weren't using it for training in 2015 but rather 2017 based on Wikipedia.
- lokar 1y agoThe first TPU they *announced" was for inference