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TPU Mythbusting: vendor lock-in
DEV.to AIΒ·April 20, 2026
This article discusses the concept of vendor lock-in related to Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), which are exclusively available on Google Cloud Platform. It explores the challenges of migrating TPU-optimized applications to other providers, while also noting that GPUs can perform the same tasks, offering a viable, albeit potentially less efficient, alternative.
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