Twice the memory: Google announces the TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max chips

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

Google announced two new AI chips: one built with AMD for secure training, and one that joins two inference chips in a single package.

2×memory and power in TPU 8i Max

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Google announced two new TPU chips on November 10, 2026.
The TPU 8tx was designed with AMD, is based on the TPU 8t, and is built for confidential training and running of models.
Google says security is built into the hardware layer, and a custom inference network lets it reason alongside training.
The TPU 8i Max joins two of the TPU 8i chips Google launched in April into one package.
The TPU 8i Max doubles memory, processing power and bandwidth, so models can handle more information per query.
The report gives no further performance figures and no availability dates.

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