Annie 所长|Sep 25, 2026 06:29
Google chips are going to heaven.
On October 1st, the SPCX Falcon 9 was ignited, along with four of GOOGL's strongest Trillium TPUs. Project code: Sun Catcher.
Google wants to see if its own AI chips can still survive in space?
There is no air convection in space, and heat dissipation can only rely on heat pipes to extract heat into the satellite casing. There are also radiation plates that radiate heat into space in the form of infrared radiation. Therefore, after running for 15 minutes, the 4 TPUs need to be turned off to cool down, and then turned on again after a break. Now we can only run some simple Gemini queries to collect space data.
In 2027, Google plans to launch two more satellites specifically for measuring inter satellite laser links. The goal is to connect dozens or even hundreds of satellites with lasers. Distributed space computer room, it has become!
The three major obstacles of ground AI data centers are electricity, land, and water, coupled with local opposition to website construction, AI is still devouring computing power. Google has calculated that if launch costs are lowered enough, space computing power may be cheaper than on the ground by the mid-2030s.
Escape from Earth, space data center must be built!
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