Google Introduces Ironwood, Its Seventh Generation TPU Designed to Handle AI Inference | Technology News

Google Introduces Ironwood, Its Seventh Generation TPU Designed to Handle AI Inference Google introduced the seventh generation of its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Ironwood, last week. Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 25, it is said to be the company’s most powerful and scalable custom artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator. The Mountain View-based tech giant said the chipset was specifically designed for AI inference.