Google's new Tensor Processing Unit custom chip - Pulse Headlines

Google announced on Wednesday its new Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) custom chip that, according to the company, will take chip technology "seven years into the future", thanks to its precise and rapid functionality. Alphabet Inc (Google's home company) has been using this chip for almost two years on its offices. The chip is believed to accelerate artificial-intelligence software and has not competition in the market so far. It has been rumored that the company was working on the chip for several months and Google confirmed the rumored information when announcing the Tensor Processing Unit better known as TPU during this year's I/O developer conference. According to the company, The TPU is currently being used in Google's most known applications, with 100 teams using the AI chip into applications such as Street View, Inbox Smart Reply and voice search.