Google's AI Bots Run On Custom-Built Computer ChipsGoogle calls its chip the Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, because it underpins TensorFlow, the software engine that drives its deep learning services. This past fall, Google released TensorFlow under an open-source license, which means anyone outside the company can use and modify it. Google has not indicated it will share the designs for the TPU, but outsiders can make use of Google's machine lea
