Google developing Frozen v2 chip to embed Gemini into silicon
The chip, codenamed Frozen v2, reportedly targets 6–10× more tokens per watt than Google's newest TPUs. Deployment is planned as early as 2028 as Google seeks to address compute shortages. Alphabet shares rose on the news.
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