TPU Subslicing (also known as Dynamic Subslicing) is now generally available for Ironwood (TPU7x)
GAUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
TPU Subslicing (also known as Dynamic Subslicing) is now generally available for Ironwood (TPU7x). This feature enables you to incrementally provision node pools for a cube or litepod, breaking them into smaller slices (subslices) to run workloads requiring smaller topologies.
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