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

Microsoft plans huge deployment of its own AI chips, with an eye on saving costs — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-plans-huge-deployment-of-its-own-ai-chips-with-an-eye-on-saving-costsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Microsoft unveils Maia 300 AI chip for multi-gigawatt deploymenthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-plans-huge-deployment-of-its-own-ai-chips-with-an-eye-on-saving-costshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-plans-huge-deployment-of-its-own-ai-chips-with-an-eye-on-saving-costs#u134092Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:50:16 +0000Microsoft has introduced the Maia 300, the third generation of its custom AI chips, to reduce reliance on Nvidia and AMD. The company plans to deploy more than one million of these chips to power internal AI services and complex business tasks. Microsoft claims the Maia 300 provides 40% more useful computing per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems. These chips will support a new 2.8 trillion-parameter AI model that requires up to 12 times less computing power than a leading rival to achieve similar performance.Why it mattersCustom silicon allows cloud providers to lower operational costs a