Google has unveiled two new AI processors, the TPU 8t and TPU 9i, designed to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market. The training-focused chip offers nearly 3x the compute performance per pod compared to its predecessor and offers a 2.8x better price-to-performance architecture. The chips also incorporate a new Boardfly architecture, which reduces latency for communication-intensive workloads by reducing network diameter. The announcement follows Google's expanded partnership with Anthropic, which will provide the AI startup with multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity.