Google Rumored to Have Partnered with AMD on TPU V10, as Shipments of Current Generations Revised Down

Google rumored to have partnered with AMD on TPU v10, as shipments of current generations revised down

Details disclosed in a report from research firm SemiAnalysis

Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning

Google has teamed up with AMD to develop one of its 10th-generation TPUs, according to a note by SemiAnalysis (via Sean). Analysts at SemiAnalysis believe Google may be interested in AMD's CPU cores for CPU-heavy workloads. If accurate, the collaboration would mark AMD's first major involvement in a custom AI ASIC project and could indicate that Google is exploring a new kind of TPU that combines its proprietary accelerator technology with on-bo…