Google's New Axion Processor for Data Centers
Key points:
- Google's Axion chip boosts performance by 30%
- Google to offer Axion to Cloud customers in 2024
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has launched its first custom Arm-based processor, Axion, specifically tailored for data centers. This chip is a part of Google's initiative to create new computing resources, with a special emphasis on specialized chips for artificial intelligence tasks.
The Axion chip is said to provide up to 30% improved performance compared to the fastest general-purpose Arm-based instances currently accessible in the cloud. Google intends to make this chip available to its Cloud customers later in 2024.
This move is part of Google's strategy to manage a variety of tasks, from YouTube advertising to big data analysis. It also aims to address the increasing costs associated with artificial intelligence.