Google says its AI behemoth is 24x faster than the world's best supercomputer - but this analyst, armed with a spreadsheet, disagrees

Google says its Ironwood TPU is 24x faster than El Capitan, the world's best supercomputer, but an analyst says that’s “perfectly silly”.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-says-that-its-ai-behemoth-is-24x-faster-than-the-worlds-best-supercomputer-but-this-analyst-armed-with-a-spreadsheet-disagrees

Created 6h | May 5, 2025, 5:50:09 PM


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