The actual name of the TPU is v5e: [1] [2] For some unknown reason this accelerator type is called `v5litepod` in TPU API [3] Some additional links: [4] [1]: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/v5e [2]: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/v5e-inference [3]: https://github.com/twistedpair/google-cloud-sdk/blob/247231991feaed7bffa748b6f8a104e776a6acdb/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/command_lib/compute/tpus/flags.yaml#L175 [4]: https://github.com/google/xpk/pull/35
