Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs

Re:Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end f... by sschueller on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:55PM (#50169268)

Google coral USB and m.2 devices are TPUs.

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Re:Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end f... by Archit3ch on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:27PM (#50170575)

"Have you seen any software run on Coral TPUs?"

"No, but I have seen the house that the project built, and it is terrific." ~ some Google director

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Re:Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end f... by charleslmunger on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @04:39PM (#50172363)

https://frigate.video

Is a pretty successful open source NVR that used corals when it launched (and many people still use them with it)

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Re:Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end f... by qlte on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:02AM (#50177051)

Yeah I have one for Frigate on a Raspberry Pi. Has worked well but definitely showing its age performance wise. I got a cheap mini PC (right before prices like quadrupled) which has about the same performance on an iGPU). I wouldn't be surprised if Frigate was the funnel for like 90% of Coral purchases or more.

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Re:Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end f... by boulos on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:07PM (#50169459)

Only in marketing name. They're not related otherwise.

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