Google hitches a ride aboard Elon Musk's SpaceX; to send TPUs to space
Google will launch a prototype satellite named MVP aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission scheduled for October 1. This initiative is part of Project Suncatcher, which explores creating scalable machine learning infrastructure in space. Google CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized the necessity of this research for future computing demands. The project is designed to forecast the processing needs of…
Google has unveiled Project Suncatcher, a research initiative aiming to establish scalable machine learning infrastructure in space. The project's first test involves sending a prototype satellite equipped with Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to orbit. Project Suncatcher's satellite, named MVP, is scheduled for launch on October 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, California, on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission led by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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