Google successfully tests TPU for space use in Project Suncatcher

New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): In a significant step toward building machine learning infrastructure beyond Earth, Google has successfully tested its Trillium-generation Tensor Processing Units ( TPU s) in a particle accelerator to simulate radiation conditions found in low-Earth orbit.

The development marks a significant milestone in Project Suncatcher, Google 's ambitious initiative to explore scalable AI computing systems in space.

In a social media post Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated, "Early research shows our Trillium-generation TPU s (our tensor processing units, purpose-built for AI) survived without damage when tested in a particle accelerator to simulate low-earth orbit levels of radiation"

According to the Google CEO, the TPU s, specialised chips designed