Microsoft plans huge deployment of its own AI chips, with an eye on saving costs

Microsoft CEO Satya Madella speaks at Microsoft Windows & Surface event where new on-device AI capabilities for Windows PCs using Nvidia's new RTX Spark chips were announced, in San Francisco, California, US, October 7, 2026. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Microsoft announced the next generation of its custom AI ⁠chip on Monday and said it plans to deploy potentially more than a ‌million of them next year to back its internal AI services.

The Maia 300, as the chip is called, is the third generation of the company's custom chips designed to handle AI data crunching such as coding and carrying ​out complex business tasks on a user's behalf. Its predecessor ⁠is already running Microsoft's in-house AI ⁠models, as well as models from OpenAI delivered on Microsoft's Azure cloud computing service.

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2026年10月7日，微软首席执行官萨蒂亚·马德拉在美国加利福尼亚州旧金山举行的微软Windows和Surface发布会上发表讲话，会上宣布了使用英伟达新款RTX Spark芯片的Windows PC的全新设备端人工智能功能。路透社/曼努埃尔·奥尔贝戈佐

旧金山，10 月 12 日（路透社）——微软周一宣布推出下一代定制人工智能芯片，并表示计划明年部署超过一百万个此类芯片，以支持其内部人工智能服务。

这款名为 Maia 300 的芯片是微软第三代定制芯片，旨在处理人工智能数据，例如编写代码并代表用户执行复杂的业务任务。其前代产品已经能够运行微软自主研发的人工智能模型，以及通过微软 Azure 云计算服务提供的 OpenAI 模型。

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