Google is sending an AI satellite into space next week
中文摘要
Google将于10月1日通过SpaceX发射搭载AI处理器的卫星，通过Suncatcher项目测试太空AI性能并探索轨道数据中心。
English Summary
Google will launch an AI satellite via SpaceX on October 1st to test processors in space, part of Project Suncatcher's goal to explore orbital data centers.
Google is getting ready to launch a satellite with its AI processors to test how well they perform in space, as reported earlier by The New York Times. The move is part of Google's Project Suncatcher, the company's experimental initiative that could eventually put AI data centers into orbit. The satellite, equipped with Google's Tensor Processing Units, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1st, allowing it to harness the power of the sun in low Earth orbit. As noted by Google, the goal of the mission is to measure how well its TPUs "handle the physical stress of spaceflight and the radiation and thermal extremes of space." … Read the full story at The Verge.