Google has unveiled two new Tensor Processing Units designed for the agentic era. The TPU 8t handles training and the TP...

Google has unveiled two new Tensor Processing Units designed for the agentic era. The TPU 8t handles training and the TPU 8i handles inference, splitting the workload to reduce frontier model training time from months to weeks. The chips reflect Google's belief that AI agents require fundamentally different hardware than traditional AI systems. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/google-unveils-two-new-tpus-designed-for-the-agentic-era/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIInfrastructure