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by liuliu 295 days ago
GCP getting second tier TPU allocation b/c TPU cannot be enough to meet GDM needs. At this point, it would be very stupid for external customers betting on TPUs (I am looking at Apple).
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> second tier TPU allocation

What exactly does this mean?

Probably that there are already several generations of TPU hardware - the best ones go to internal use, while the older hardware gets rented out to gcp to amortize the development costs.
That's correct. Unless Zuck is OK with using one-generation older TPU, which is a possibility.
Why would it be stupid?