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by mtgx 3397 days ago
If all machine learning experts use TensorFlow, all the machine learning chips coming out will be highly optimized for TensorFlow. Higher competition among TensorFlow chips = better acquisition prices for Google. They also don't have to go around convincing chip makers to support TensorFlow (like they did, for instance, with the VP8/VP9 codec).