Cloud TPU creation overview

Compute Engine lets you create and manage TPU virtual machines (VMs) either as individual instances or as part of a managed instance group (MIG). MIGs can have multiple single-host TPU VMs or multi-host TPU slices. MIGs with single-host VMs are best for when you have multiple, independent workloads, for example, inference workloads. MIGs with multi-host TPU slices have multiple, interconnected TPU VMs that work together as a unit on a single workload. How you create and manage your TPU VMs depends on your workload requirements.

To learn how to create a single TPU VM, see Create a single TPU VM instance. To learn about MIGs and TPUs, see Create Cloud TPU VMs with MIGs

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