The Azure Cobalt 100 CPU and Azure Maia 100 AI Accelerator have been developed in-house at Microsoft, alongside an overhaul of the entire Azure cloud server stack as the Age of AI begins. The Maia 100 ...

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Microsoft has made its new custom Azure Cobalt 100-based virtual machines (VMs) generally available. Launched on October 16, the VMs run on Microsoft's first 64-bit Arm-based Azure Cobalt 100 CPU ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced a project it has been "refining in secret for years;" Its own custom silicon in the form of two new server chips. The company unveiled the fruits of its labor at Microsoft ...

Most companies developing AI models, particularly generative AI models like ChatGPT, GPT-4 Turbo and Stable Diffusion, rely heavily on GPUs. GPUs' ability to perform many computations in parallel make ...

Liftr Insights data reveals extent of Azure's deployment; following AWS's lead almost a decade prior. AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence ...

In a groundbreaking move, Microsoft has unveiled its latest arsenal in the tech race, introducing two custom-designed chips, Azure Maia AI Accelerator and Azure Cobalt CPU. These chips, the result of ...

On Wednesday at the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced two custom chips designed for accelerating in-house AI workloads through its Azure cloud computing service: Microsoft Azure Maia ...

Microsoft will soon be deploying its own custom chips to power the company's AI and cloud services. Two new chips, the Microsoft Azure Maia AI Accelerator and the Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU, were ...