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Maia 300 Could Give Microsoft Azure a Major AI Infrastructure Advantage
00:03 — According to recent reports, Microsoft is set to reveal its Maia 300 AI accelerator as early as September this year. For context, Microsoft launched Maia 200 back in January with the direct aim of reducing the cost of AI inference.
00:27 — The Maia 300 is expected to support both AI training and inference, but the key story here is the scale of ambition behind it. Now, Microsoft is once again partnering with TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, who delivered the first iteration of Maia chips. However, this time, the scale is much larger. increasing from tens of thousands…
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