Google ships four TPU variants in one year as it ramps up competition with Nvidia

Maximilian Schreiner View the LinkedIn Profile of Maximilian Schreiner Nov 9, 2026 Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Key Points Google is introducing two new systems in its eighth-generation AI chip lineup, the TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max, both built on existing processors. The TPU 8tx keeps confidential data encrypted during processing, while the TPU 8i Max doubles memory and compute power within the same rack by combining two chips on a single package. Together with software tools like TorchTPU, Google aims to lower the barrier for developers and increasingly market its hardware to external customers for day-to-day model inference. With two new TPU variants, Google…