Google’s Next Moonshot Is Putting TPUs In Space With ‘Project Suncatcher’

Google’s new “Project Suncatcher” aims to launch Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) into space, creating a solar-powered, satellite-based AI network
capable of scaling machine learning beyond Earth’s limits. Google says a “solar panel can be up to 8 times more productive than on earth” for near-continuous power using a “dawn-dusk sun-synchronous low earth orbit” that reduces the need for batteries and other power generation. 9to5Google reports: These satellites would connect…