Elon Musk says space will soon hold nearly all compute. Google is still finding out if its chips can work there.
The New Stack 2 weeks ago 13 ● 2 sources
Google is preparing Project Suncatcher to launch a test satellite carrying TPUs to check whether machine-learning compute hardware can work in orbit. The October flight will send a refrigerator-sized prototype with four TPUs that can run only 15-minute bursts. If the tests succeed, Google would move toward a small satellite constellation with TPUs and high-bandwidth laser links; if not, it will adjust the approach based on points of failure.
