Burning TPU, the drink of the tech big names has the flavor of myrtle

There is a new flavor that could describe, better than many panels, the climate that surrounds theartificial intelligence. It’s an unusual mix of Sardinian tradition, American solidity e ironia nerd. Is called ‘Burning TPU‘and if you’ve never heard of it, it’s probably because you haven’t been invited to the more private parties that revolve around the world ofIA.

Il cocktail appears in the story of Wall Street Journal dedicated to the behind the scenes of NeurIPSto the main ones world conference on artificial intelligencewhich has now also become a major hub for relations, investments e candies. Between one academic session and another, the American newspaper says, researchers and professionals meet up at private parties where they circulate drink with an explicitly technological namelike the ‘Burning TPU‘, a mix based on miele, bourbon e Sardinian myrtle liqueur.

The meaning of burning TPU

The reference, perhaps, is clear only to those who know the world ofIA. Il TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) is the chip developed by Google to train and run his own artificial intelligence models the main alternative to GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) Of Nvidia. “Glowing TPU” then seems like an informal way to indicate i calculations pushed to the max thanks to these technological supports: a lot energy e very high costs. Il Burning TPU transforms this industrial image into something lighter, but not casual.

The ingredients and their symbolisms

Just play a game analyzing them ingredients: il bourbon could recall the strong and determined base of the American investments; il miele softens and tries to make you imagine a prosperous futurewhile the Sardinian myrtleobviously, is the surprising element, but it could be a tribute to millenary European culture.

A symbol in Silicon Valley

Out of the reportage of Wall Street Journalil Burning TPU it does not appear in official menus or in stories on social media. But in one Silicon Valley which discusses bowl, energy consumption, new cold wars e concentration of technological poweralso a cocktail can turn into a small one symbol.