An ice-cold bet on a chip that runs only one AI model

Google is developing a custom AI chip codenamed Frozen that bakes Gemini's architecture directly into silicon, potentially 6-10x more efficient than general-purpose processors. The design locks the chip to Gemini's architecture but allows model updates, and represents a broader industry shift towards model-specific silicon as OpenAI and Anthropic pursue similar strategies.

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