Google's space data center prototype runs Gemma 4
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Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is online and talking to the ground, and its Gemma 4 model generated a space-themed haiku from a prompt this week. The satellite carries 4 TPUs but its 1 kW power budget allows only one TPU at a time, for about 20 minutes. The satellite launched weeks ago; Google sent commands, started the TPU and ran the prompt, and the full haiku came back. Philipp Schmid relayed Sundar Pichai's claim that Gemma 4 is the first large language model to run in space. Later tests will check the chips under thermal stress and space radiation, and how radiation-induced bit flips affect inference workloads.
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- AI HOT · IndustryGoogle Project Suncatcher 在轨道卫星上运行 TPU 并回传 Gemma 4 回应
Google Project Suncatcher 成功向轨道卫星发送指令、启动 TPU 并运行提示词，地面收到了一首 haiku 作为完整回应。原型卫星于数周前发射；Philipp Schmid 转引 Sundar Pichai 的消息，称 Gemma 4 成为首个在太空运行的大语言模型。
- TechCrunch · AIGoogle’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry
Google Suncatcher 太空数据中心原型卫星已上线并与地面通信，搭载的 Google DeepMind Gemma 4 本周按提示写了一首太空主题俳句。卫星配备 4 个 TPU，发电功率最高为 1 kW，但供电限制使其每次只能运行 1 个 TPU，持续约 20 分钟。后续测试将检查芯片在热应力与太空辐射环境下的表现，评估辐射引发的位翻转对推理工作负载的影响。
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