Google Cloud offers Ubuntu images certified for TPU VMs
TL;DR. Google Cloud and Canonical now provide certified Ubuntu images for Tensor Processing Unit virtual machines, improving support for AI workloads. - Cloud TPU VMs, including versions back to 2023's v5e, will default to Canonical-certified Ubuntu images. - This change moves from Google-managed custom Ubuntu versions to officially supported Canonical distributions for v5 and v6 instances. - The certified images integrate with ML tools like JAX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow, along with automation via Kubernetes.
- Canonical releases certified Ubuntu images for Google Cloud TPU VMs.
- Support extends to TPU7x, v6e, v5p, and v5e instances.
- Certified Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS are now default for new TPU VM creations.
- This streamlines AI workload deployment on Google's accelerator hardware.
- Integration with existing machine learning tools and automation is ensured.
Sources
- Google, Canonical team up to certify Ubuntu images for TPU VMs — theregister.com