TPU is an artificial intelligence behemoth chip designed by Google for machine learning.Taking TPU open is a good thing for customers who choose to run a machine learning model on Google Cloud Platform.But Google has a limited number of open TPUs this time, On-time charges cost $ 6.50 per hour.
Google launched the TPU project in a low profile in 2016 and launched the second-generation TPU at the annual developer conference in May last year, which will allow Google to enter a more sophisticated deep learning training phase.
TPU dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning, Google can bring two major benefits:
First, using self-developed chips, Google can reduce its dependence on chipset manufacturers such as Intel and Nvidia at its core computing infrastructure cheaper and more efficiently, with its own hardware enabling Google to experiment faster.
Second, the new TPU also brings additional revenue to Google's cloud computing business, which now generates more than $ 1 billion in revenue per quarter for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google's business application GSuite.
Google currently allows companies to rent a single TPU card, and later this year will allow businesses to rent multiple boards and connect a super computer network known as the TPU pod.