Hardware · Updated 12 Oct, 08:13 pm IST
Microsoft to deploy its Maia 300 AI chips at scale next year
Why it matters for readers: If you follow tech, it’s important because big providers are building their own AI chips instead of relying only on Nvidia.
- Microsoft introduced the Maia 300, its third‑generation custom AI chip, on Monday.1
- The company said it could deploy potentially more than one million Maia 300 chips next year to back its internal AI services.1
- The Maia 300 follows a predecessor that already runs Microsoft’s in‑house AI models and OpenAI models delivered on Azure.1
- Microsoft designed the Maia 300 using a different technical approach from Nvidia’s large single‑chip accelerators to target AI workloads and cost savings.1
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