| > Yes. Google had a number of chip products before that. Is that true? I can't find anything suggesting it is. In fact, the little I can find suggests you are incorrect. I'll link them for the sake of referencing sources but they're both pretty awful ad-ridden sites... A 2016 Tech Radar interview [0] with Norm Jouppi has him quoted as saying: > [The] Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is our first custom accelerator ASIC [application-specific integrated circuit] for machine learning [ML], and it fits in the same footprint as a hard drive. And a 2023 Tom's hardware post [1] begins: > Google has made significant progress in its endeavor to develop its own data center chips, according to a new report. The Information says that a key milestone has just been reached, which means that Google can plan to roll out server systems powered by the new chips starting from 2025.This is not the first processor that Google has successfully put through R&D - the company has previously made an ASIC for servers and an SoC for mobile devices. The search giant started using its internally developed Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) as far back as 2015. [0]: https://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processo... [1]: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-reaches-self-develo... |
1/ https://www.wired.com/2012/03/google-microsoft-network-gear/
2/ I believe they had a few custom chips designed for the youtube workloads that predate the TPU.
I remember in 2010 there was a building in MV that focused on custom chips.