Google updates TPU chips for security and AI agents

Google is expanding its custom chip lineup with new eighth-generation TPU systems designed to handle security and AI agent workloads. The TPU 8tx replaces previous hosts with a 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPU and adopts a Boardfly network, while the TPU 8i Max doubles the compute, SRAM, and HBM bandwidth of the original 8i within the same rack footprint. Along with the hardware updates, Google introduced supporting software like TPU Sync and the Agent Compute Engine to reduce memory bottlenecks and improve transfer latency. Google has not yet shared pricing, specifications, or shipping dates for these new systems.