The release of these chips comes at a time when companies are seeking alternatives to Nvidia's AI chips, which have seen high demand following the success of AI chatbot ChatGPT. Other tech giants like Amazon and Google have also developed their own AI chips. Microsoft is already working on second-generation versions of both new chips.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has unveiled two new chips, the Azure Maia AI Accelerator and the Azure Cobalt CPU, at its Ignite event. These chips are designed for AI applications and general-purpose computing tasks respectively.
- The Maia AI Accelerator is already being tested with Microsoft's new Bing and Office AI products, as well as with OpenAI’s large language model.
- Other tech giants, such as Amazon and Google, have also been developing their own AI chips to meet the increasing demand in the market, which has been largely dominated by Nvidia.
- Microsoft is already working on second-generation versions of the Maia AI Accelerator and the Azure Cobalt CPU.