🔴 Google sends TPUs into space and will test whether AI will survive launch

Google is preparing to send its AI accelerators into orbit and test for the first time whether server chips can survive rocket launches, cosmic radiation and operation in a vacuum.

The experiment is part of Project Suncatcher, where Google is studying the possibility of creating entire orbital clusters for AI in the future. The first satellite prototype is scheduled to be launched on October 1st aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-18 mission. The device was developed jointly with Planet and is powered by four Google TPU processors.