New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- The generative AI race is now being determined not solely by algorithms but by access to compute and optimisation. The fact that Anthropic pursues TPU clusters reported by Google is an indication that it realises that hardware specialisation is becoming the primary difference maker in model evolution.TPUs are energy efficient and have high training throughput, enabling developers of large language models to run more iterations and bring inference workloads at a reduced cost. Anthropic's potential deal could therefore enable faster model cycles, lower training latency, and a broader rollout of enterprise products tuned for diverse sectors - from finance to education.

For Google, the move would reaffirm its technical ...