Google Is About to Launch TPUs Into Orbit
Project Suncatcher will send a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs to low Earth orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 next week — Google's first real test of whether AI compute belongs in space.
Google is preparing to put machine-learning hardware into orbit. As flagged by @BlueJay87476298, Project Suncatcher is Google's effort to answer a deceptively simple question: how do we run ML in space? The company is reportedly sending its first batch of TPUs into orbit for testing, with a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs slated to launch aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission next week.
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