TradingKey – Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) plans to launch two TPU chip products targeting confidential computing and AI applications that require processing large amounts of information, respectively, with availability expected next year. As its proprietary chips begin to be sold to customers beyond its cloud business, Google is expanding its product choices to compete for the Nvidia (NVDA)-dominated AI computing market.

The newly launched TPU 8tx and 8i Max feature adjusted configurations based on existing designs. The 8tx is paired with AMD (AMD) processors to protect data at the chip level, targeting government and strictly regulated industries; meanwhile, the 8i Max packages two TPUs together to increase computing power and memory,…