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# {{ product_v6e }} supported configurations

The slice shapes you can request for {{ product_v6e }}, and how many chips and hosts each uses.

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## Slice shapes

```{include} ../_includes/tpu-warehouse--note-slice-shape.md
```

|Topology|TPU chips|Hosts|VMs|Machine type|Scope|
|--------|---------|-----|---|------------|-----|
|1x1|1|1/8|1|ct6e-standard-1t|Sub-host|
|2x2|4|1/2|1|ct6e-standard-4t|Sub-host|
|2x4|8|1|1|ct6e-standard-8t|Single-host|
|2x4|8|1|2|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|
|4x4|16|2|4|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|
|4x8|32|4|8|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|
|8x8|64|8|16|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|
|8x16|128|16|32|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|
|16x16|256|32|64|ct6e-standard-4t|Multi-host|

The 2x4 multi-host configuration with two ct6e-standard-4t VMs is supported with GKE or Compute Engine, but not with the Cloud TPU API.


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**Parent topic:**[{{ product_v6e }}](../topics/tpu-v6e-intro.md)

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**Related information**  


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[{{ product_v6e }} specifications](../topics/tpu-v6e-specifications.md)
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[{{ product_v6e }} VM types](../topics/tpu-v6e-vm-types.md)
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[{{ product_v6e }}](../topics/tpu-v6e-intro.md)

[Create a TPU VM](../topics/tpu-create-vm.md)

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