Posted Nov 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM UTCSGoogle is getting ready to launch its 7th-gen AI chip, Ironwood, which can scale up to 9,216 chips in a single “superpod.”Google’s new TPU promises four times stronger performance than its predecessor, Trillium, while being more energy-efficient and cost-effective for powering AI inference on a larger scale, such as running AI agents.Anthropic has already announced plans to use 1 million of the new chips to power Claude. Google says Ironwood will be available “in the coming weeks.”Photo: GoogleFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie Bonifield
Google is getting ready to launch its 7th-gen AI chip, Ironwood, which can scale up to 9,216 chips in a single “superpod.”
Google’s new TPU promises four times stronger performance than its predecessor, Trillium, while being more energy-efficient and cost-effective for powering AI inference on a larger scale, such as running AI agents. Anthropic has already announced plans to use 1 million of the new chips to power Claude. Google says Ironwood will be available “in the coming weeks.” [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/google-ironwood-launch.png?quality=90&strip=all]
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Google launches Ironwood (7th-gen TPU): 4x Trillium performance, scales 9,216 chips/superpod. Anthropic commits 1M units. Threatens NVIDIA GPU market and cuts inference costs for large-scale foundation models—reshaping CTOs' infrastructure and agent decisions.
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