Analysis: Google opens its AI chips to rivals but won't say if it makes money

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by JP/KR/TW: Korea Herald / Taipei Times / DigiTimes at 29 Oct, 02:59 UTC

Google is now supplying its tensor processing units (TPUs) to companies it competes with, including Anthropic and Apple. On Alphabet's third-quarter earnings call, management gave two reasons: outside customers keep the chips competitive, and outside volume lowers the cost of every chip Google uses…