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Microsoft plans to deploy racks of its next-generation Azure Maia AI accelerators in a multi-gigawatt rollout, with production deployments due in 2027.
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Microsoft announced its third-generation Maia AI chip, called Maia 300, which is designed to be the primary AI inference system for its products and services. The chip is intended to improve the cost and efficiency of running AI workloads in the cloud.
Why it matters: The chip reduces Microsoft's reliance on Nvidia GPUs for running AI inference in its cloud.
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