Google Project Suncatcher prototype satellite completes first prompt inference on in-orbit TPU
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Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite started a TPU in orbit, ran a prompt and transmitted its first complete reply back to Earth, which was a haiku. Sundar Pichai called this a hello world milestone for the project; the satellite was launched a few weeks ago.
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Google has for the first time run a prompt through an in-orbit TPU and received a complete reply, demonstrating an engineering path for moving model inference into space.
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A ‘hello world’ milestone for Project Suncatcher 🚀
After launching our prototype satellite a few weeks ago, we’ve now successfully sent a command up to orbit, booted up the TPU, ran the prompt, and received our first complete response back on earth - a haiku! https://t.co/kOFmETUskm