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Microsoft Plans to Unveil New Maia 300 AI Chip in September, The Information Reports
Microsoft aims to boost in-house AI chip output and win cloud customers as it tries to cut dependence on Nvidia processors.
- On Monday, The Information reported that Microsoft plans to publicly unveil its new Maia chip this fall, potentially as soon as next month.
- Microsoft introduced its initial Maia chip in November 2023 but has lagged rivals Alphabet and Amazon in scaling in-house chip efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia's costly processors.
- In talks with TSMC, the company seeks manufacturing capacity for more than 300,000 units in 2027, with a manager noting the ultimate goal is to produce "gigawatts" worth of Maia chips.
- To persuade major cloud customers like Anthropic to adopt the hardware, Microsoft is aiming to "significantly" increase production of its next-generation AI chips.
- Facing infrastructure costs of $35.8 billion per quarter, Microsoft recently directed employees to stop "tokenmaxxing" and set division-level budgets, signaling compute costs remain a significant constraint.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jung Joo-ho = Microsoft (MS) [developed] its next-generation AI chip 'Maia 30...' to attract major cloud clients
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Microsoft plans to launch the artificial intelligence chip Maia 300 this year, possibly as early as next month, released The Information on Monday (10), citing sources with direct knowledge of the plans. The company released the chip in November 2023, but was behind rivals like Alphabet and Amazon in expanding investment in their own chips, while seeking to reduce the dependence of Nvidia processors. Google began to recognize revenue from the di…
·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right4Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Center, 36% Right
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- 37% of the sources are Center, 36% of the sources lean Right
37% Center
L 27%
C 37%
R 36%
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