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Native PyTorch inference backends bring vLLM and SGLang to TPU

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Google’s October 20 announcement introduces TorchTPU-based serving backends developed with Inferact and RadixArk. Google reports production use with preview customers, including SGLang-TorchTPU at Meta. Broader model support remains ongoing.

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The design keeps familiar serving components while using TPU-specific implementations underneath. Listed features include prefix caching, structured output and multimodal serving. We did not execute the code or reproduce performance claims.

Editorial suggestion: test your model and deployment requirements before changing infrastructure.

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