Google Agent Compute Engine checkpoints idle microVMs to zero active resources when an agent's tool calls finish and resumes them via copy-on-write memory sharing using pre-warmed snapshot images

A manufacturer-by-manufacturer overview of the chips, accelerators, and infrastructure powering modern AI systems.

Autonomous systems that use large language models to plan, reason, and take actions — including browsing the web, writing code, calling APIs, and completing multi-step tasks with minimal human intervention.