Microsoft, known more for its software than hardware, today announced two new chips: the Azure Maia AI Accelerator and the Azure Cobalt CPU. The move is a notable expansion of the company’s technological capabilities, with Maia in particular positioned as the tip of the spear for the Redmond-based tech giant’s AI strategy.

Maia is specifically designed for AI tasks and generative AI in the data center environment.

“We are reimagining every aspect of our data centers to meet the needs of our customers,” wrote Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud + AI Group, in an official blog post, explaining that adding custom-designed chips into their ecosystem aligns with Microsoft’s broader vision for integrated and optimized AI and cloud services.

The Maia chip, developed as part of Microsoft’s recent expansion into custom silicon, has several important characteristics that distinguish it in the fields of AI and cloud computing. These include optimizations for AI tasks like model training and inferencing and generative AI tasks—creating new content from existing datasets.

Guthrie says Maia will be especially adept working with large language models, like the powerful GPT-4 Turbo developed by OpenAI. This makes it well-suited for tasks involving natural language processing and understanding.

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