In addition, the company introduced its first microprocessor built in-house for cloud computing, the Azure Cobalt 100. Like Maia, the processor is the first in a planned series of microprocessors.

Microsoft is finally making its own chips for the AI and Cloud market with the new Azure Cobalt 100 CPU and Maia 100 AI Accelerator.

Microsoft plans to expand that set of options in the future; it is already designing second-generation versions of the Azure Maia AI Accelerator series and the Azure Cobalt CPU series. The company’s ...

Maia and Cobalt are new custom silicon chips built by Microsoft for the era of artificial intelligence. Microsoft is using these chips to overhaul its Azure cloud servers.

Microsoft (MSFT) is debuting its first AI chip. At its Ignite conference Wednesday, the company said the chip, called the Maia 100, is the first in its planned Azure Maia AI accelerator series.

Microsoft has announced two in-house designed semiconductors - an Arm CPU and a dedicated AI accelerator. The Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU is designed for general workloads, with a focus on performance ...

The company plans to use the new Maia 100 AI Accelerator to power some of Microsoft Azure's biggest internal AI workloads. Microsoft claims both the accelerator and Azure Cobalt CPU will improve ...

Microsoft Azure vice president of manufacturing and engineering for processors, Rehan Sheikh, was hired by Google Cloud to lead silicon chip technology for Google.

Microsoft introduced Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 chips, featuring a custom AI chip and Arm-based CPU, to boost cloud services and AI workloads, reducing reliance on Nvidia and offering virtual ...

Microsoft (MSFT) is debuting its first AI chip. At its Ignite conference Wednesday, the company said the chip, called the Maia 100, is the first in its planned Azure Maia AI accelerator series. In ...