Agent Long-Context Inference Hits the Memory Wall: 6 Key Insights into How TPU 8i Max’s Dual-Chip Package Expands Memory Bandwidth
On November 9, 2026, Google Cloud announced two new system configurations for its eighth-generation TPUs: TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max. TPU 8i Max integrates two TPU 8i chips in a single package, doubling compute capacity, on-chip SRAM, and HBM bandwidth. It’s designed for workloads involving long context windows, high concurrency, and collaborative multi-Agent reasoning….