Google Unveils Two New Specialized AI Chips to Widen Its Challenge to Nvidia

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By BeauHDNov 9, 2026, 1:00 pm125 ptsTrending
Google is expanding its AI chip lineup with two specialized TPUs arriving next year: the TPU 8tx, which encrypts sensitive data at the chip level for confidential computing, and the TPU 8i Max, which combines two TPU chips to provide more processing power and memory for long-context workloads. The move broadens…

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