TPU Mania

Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, discusses TPUs and GPUs with Paul Kedrosky. No criticism of Krugman intended, it’s great that computer architecture is getting so much attention.All of a sudden, everyone is talking - and writing - about Google’s TPUs (Tensor Processing Units). The use of TPUs to train Google latest, market leading Gemini 3 model together with Google’s decision to sell TPUs to third parties (apparently including arch-rival Meta) have combined to create a major ‘vibe-s...