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Nvidia has stated that their DLA unit (maybe part of the Volta accelerator; going to be a part of e.g. the Xavier SoC) is a TPU that Nvidia explicitely open-sourced. See the source links here: Tegra#Xavier. Do you think such a realisation of the concept by a third-party (non-Google) should be added to this article - or shall it receive it's own article? As of now i would prefer the first option. The topic is still compact and seeing the TPU concept evolve over time in a single article might rather benefit the reader - especially because then it is capable of covering all active vendors for this topic. -- Alexander.stohr ( talk) 15:24, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. ( non-admin closure) Steel1943 ( talk) 20:34, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Tensor processing unit → Google TPU – The page describes mainly Google TPUs. I think that's why the company name should be put into a title. 2.92.113.239 ( talk) 17:31, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm not proposing we move or rename the article, but other companies are starting to sell chips they call "Tensor Processing Units" as well, and the term's been used in research for quite some time. As of October 2018 [update], is it better to incorporate encyclopedic coverage of other TPU content besides Google's? -- Daviddwd ( talk) 22:55, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Again, TPU's are a type of processor dedicated to computing Tensors and are manufactured by multiple vendors, as is the case with CPUs and GPUs. TPUs are NOT specific to Google, thus this article needs to me made generic to incorporate info on TPUs from other vendors as well. Thanks. 181.12.115.177 ( talk) 04:22, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
The article says "Google's TPUs are proprietary and are not commercially available". But they are commercially available. https://coral.withgoogle.com/docs/accelerator/get-started/ . I've updated the article. Sayitclearly ( talk) 13:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Again, Google is appropriating the word "Tensor" for its own use. This is inappropriate: Words are for everyone to use and "tensor", like "vector", is no exception. For the uninitiated, tensor describes a field of vectors and is not at all bound to the AI. To the point, tensors were invented by italian mathematician Ricci-Curbastro to aid Einstein express his famous General Relativity in a single equation in an epoch were the computer hadn't even been invented, much less AI. The other words are "Processor" and "Unit", also, I believe, of general use. So should companies also have rights to CPU - Code Processing Unit, FPU - Floating Point Unit and GPU - Graphics Processing Unit? Of course not! So why would TPU - Tensor Processing Unit be the exception? Please, let's recover TPU for general use. 181.12.78.206 ( talk) 19:34, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Worth adding that the 2021 refresh of Google Nest Cams (including the Nest Doorbell, no longer called Nest Hello) will include TPUs? the TPUs will allow immediate processing and alerting. (Also offline recording and storing, due to battery inclusion). This section by DAVIDBSPALDING, but using work computer, so can't sign in to Wiki. -- 208.242.14.199 ( talk) 15:34, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
The table is cryptic. Perhaps "Mib" and "W" could be use full names. Bill W102102 ( talk) 09:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
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Nvidia has stated that their DLA unit (maybe part of the Volta accelerator; going to be a part of e.g. the Xavier SoC) is a TPU that Nvidia explicitely open-sourced. See the source links here: Tegra#Xavier. Do you think such a realisation of the concept by a third-party (non-Google) should be added to this article - or shall it receive it's own article? As of now i would prefer the first option. The topic is still compact and seeing the TPU concept evolve over time in a single article might rather benefit the reader - especially because then it is capable of covering all active vendors for this topic. -- Alexander.stohr ( talk) 15:24, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. ( non-admin closure) Steel1943 ( talk) 20:34, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Tensor processing unit → Google TPU – The page describes mainly Google TPUs. I think that's why the company name should be put into a title. 2.92.113.239 ( talk) 17:31, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm not proposing we move or rename the article, but other companies are starting to sell chips they call "Tensor Processing Units" as well, and the term's been used in research for quite some time. As of October 2018 [update], is it better to incorporate encyclopedic coverage of other TPU content besides Google's? -- Daviddwd ( talk) 22:55, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Again, TPU's are a type of processor dedicated to computing Tensors and are manufactured by multiple vendors, as is the case with CPUs and GPUs. TPUs are NOT specific to Google, thus this article needs to me made generic to incorporate info on TPUs from other vendors as well. Thanks. 181.12.115.177 ( talk) 04:22, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
The article says "Google's TPUs are proprietary and are not commercially available". But they are commercially available. https://coral.withgoogle.com/docs/accelerator/get-started/ . I've updated the article. Sayitclearly ( talk) 13:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Again, Google is appropriating the word "Tensor" for its own use. This is inappropriate: Words are for everyone to use and "tensor", like "vector", is no exception. For the uninitiated, tensor describes a field of vectors and is not at all bound to the AI. To the point, tensors were invented by italian mathematician Ricci-Curbastro to aid Einstein express his famous General Relativity in a single equation in an epoch were the computer hadn't even been invented, much less AI. The other words are "Processor" and "Unit", also, I believe, of general use. So should companies also have rights to CPU - Code Processing Unit, FPU - Floating Point Unit and GPU - Graphics Processing Unit? Of course not! So why would TPU - Tensor Processing Unit be the exception? Please, let's recover TPU for general use. 181.12.78.206 ( talk) 19:34, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Worth adding that the 2021 refresh of Google Nest Cams (including the Nest Doorbell, no longer called Nest Hello) will include TPUs? the TPUs will allow immediate processing and alerting. (Also offline recording and storing, due to battery inclusion). This section by DAVIDBSPALDING, but using work computer, so can't sign in to Wiki. -- 208.242.14.199 ( talk) 15:34, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
The table is cryptic. Perhaps "Mib" and "W" could be use full names. Bill W102102 ( talk) 09:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)