Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
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Google's new AI chip for Gemini efficiency is highly novel, strategic, and directly relevant to AI infrastructure.
Summary
Google is developing a custom AI chip, Frozen v2 (targeting 2028), designed to make its Gemini models 6-10x more efficient in tokens per watt. This follows a broader industry push—OpenAI's Jalapeño inference chip and Anthropic's Samsung partnership—to reduce Nvidia dependency and justify massive AI capex, like Google's planned $180-190B spend. The chip news boosted Alphabet's stock 3% ahead of earnings.