lab

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory

Research facility at the University of California, Davis, whose cyclotron supplies proton beams used for radiation testing of electronics and other research.

Known aliases

UC Davis Crocker Nuclear Laboratory

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

product3 publishers

Google's Suncatcher launch puts one server's worth of TPUs through a cooling test in orbit

Google launches its first Project Suncatcher satellite on October 1 with four TPUs on about 1kW of solar, roughly one data center server's worth of compute. It can show whether the chips stay cool in orbit, but the laser links any capacity case needs wait for a two-satellite test in 2027.

Publishers:arstechnica.comdatacenterdynamics.comdigitaltrends.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 41%
Operator: Operator 37%
Investor: Investor 22%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption5
Hype gap+30
Incentives65
Confidence60

product1 publisher

Google's first orbital AI satellite will run its four TPUs in 15-minute bursts

Google will launch a fridge-sized satellite carrying four TPUs on Oct. 1 to find where its chips fail in orbit. With about a kilowatt of solar power and no price or service date attached, it belongs in the research column of any capacity plan.

Publishers:siliconangle.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption3
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence45

product1 publisher

Google's first Suncatcher satellite checks whether its TPUs can survive launch and radiation

Google will fly its first TPUs on SpaceX's Transporter-18 to find out whether chips that go through up to 10 g at launch keep working in radiation and heat. Passing clears only the first step toward its solar-powered satellite clusters, and their cost and networking are still untested.

Publishers:tomsguide.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption5
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence40