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News analysisRelease: November 25, 2025Published: October 23, 20263 min read

Ironwood general availability made an inference TPU an operating choice

Google said Ironwood TPU was generally available on November 25, 2025, following its April introduction and a November 6 announcement that availability was coming in weeks.

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News analysisRelease: April 9, 2025Published: October 23, 20263 min read

Google Cloud TPU Ironwood AI inference

Google’s Ironwood announcement put inference design at pod scale

Google introduced its seventh-generation Ironwood TPU in April 2025 as an inference-focused system with 256- and 9,216-chip pod configurations, not a general-availability event.

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