Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 AI Chip In A Bid To Cut Dependence On Nvidia & AMD
Microsoft unveiled Maia 300, the next generation of its custom AI chip, and said it will expand its Azure Maia systems to multi-gigawatt deployments beginning in 2027. The company said Maia 300 will become the primary AI inference system for Microsoft products and services. The chip was shown at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Jose. What are Maia 300 AI chip's key features? Microsoft says Maia…
Microsoft has introduced the next generation of its custom AI chip, Maia 300, aiming to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. The chip will be used for long-context reasoning, latency-sensitive conversational experiences, and multi-step agentic tasks. Microsoft anticipates Maia 300 to deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt, allowing for more AI output from the same power supply.
The company plans to scale Maia 300 to multi-gigawatt deployments beginning next year, making it the primary inference system for its products and services. Maia 300 has shown significant improvements over its predecessor, Maia 200, delivering up to 1.7 times more tokens per watt for AI features in Microsoft 365 Copilot, OpenAI models, and Microsoft's own MAI models.
This move by Microsoft not only aims to control costs and supply but also provides a hedge against dependency on competitors like Nvidia and AMD.
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