The Hardware That Makes AI Possible
Towards Data Science Sara A. Metwalli June 9, 2026

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# The Hardware That Makes AI Possible Artificial intelligence requires specialized computer chips that are fundamentally different from the processors in your laptop or phone. Companies use GPUs (graphics processors originally built for video games), TPUs (Google's custom AI chips), and NPUs (newer chips designed specifically for AI tasks) because they can perform the massive calculations that AI models need much faster than traditional computer chips.
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