TechnologyGoogle to Test AI Computing Chips in Space with Project Suncatcher
Alphabet's Google will launch a prototype satellite next week to test Project Suncatcher, exploring space for large-scale AI computing. The satellite, deploying Google Tensor Processing Units, will be sent on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare with Planet Labs. The mission aims to assess hardware reliability against launch forces, radiation, and extreme temperatures in low Earth orbit. Ground tests were done at UC Davis.
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