Google TPU 8tx and 8i Max Target Secure, Long-Context AI

Posted on November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by IE Contributor

Google has added two more systems to its eighth-generation Tensor Processing Unit family: TPU 8tx, aimed at secure, confidential inference, and TPU 8i Max, built for very large context windows. In a November 9, 2026 post, Amin Vahdat, Google's SVP and Chief Technologist for AI and Infrastructure, said it is the first time the company has introduced four TPU systems in a single year. The announcement matters less for raw speed than for what it says about where AI hardware is heading: special...

Smart Pills for collecting data inside the body

Posted on September 10, 2015October 31, 2026 by

Imagine if a vitamin sized pill could collect medical data from your body. Companies such as SmartPill have come out with wireless devices contained in tiny capsules to collect information from inside the body. The SmartPill capsule includes miniaturized sensors or cameras, a printed circuit board and tiny batteries that work to collect medical data as it makes its way through a person's gastrointestinal tract. Once swallowed, the device collects the required information, stores the data a...