Google runs AI model on satellite chip, advancing orbital data center ambitions

WASHINGTON — Google said it has successfully run an artificial intelligence model on a data-center-class processor aboard a satellite, an early milestone in the company’s effort to determine whether AI computing infrastructure could eventually operate in space.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense…
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