Artificial intelligence: Microsoft is developing its own AI chips

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Microsoft is developing its own AI chips

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at OpenAI DevDay, OpenAI’s first developer conference. photo

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Microsoft wants to continue to be at the forefront in the development of artificial intelligence. The software manufacturer is now also standing on its own feet when it comes to hardware.

Microsoft is underpinning its ambitions in artificial intelligence by developing its own chips for such software. The software giant could thus become more independent of the semiconductor market and at the same time better adapt devices to its AI programs. The chip called Maia 100 is intended, among other things, to make the creation of AI content more efficient, as Microsoft announced on Wednesday. It will be available to Microsoft customers in the group’s data centers from next year.

A second chip developed by Microsoft will then also be introduced, which is intended for general tasks in data centers. This processor, called Cobalt 100, runs on architectures from the chip designer Arm, which are also found in practically all smartphones.

Microsoft relies heavily on artificial intelligence and entered into a billion-dollar pact with ChatGPT inventor OpenAI to bring its technology into its own products. When it comes to chips for applications with artificial intelligence, systems from the semiconductor specialist Nvidia are currently the benchmark, which is leading to heated demand for them.

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