Microsoft debuts custom silicon for AI and cloud: 128-core ARM Cobalt 100 and 5 nm Maia 100 aim to power next gen AI training and inference needs

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Microsoft has finally unveiled its own custom silicon. The Maia 100 is Microsoft's AI accelerator designed for the Azure stack to train OpenAI's complex LLMs. The Cobalt 100 is an ARM-based chip with 128 cores aimed at optimizing power efficiency across Azure datacenters. Additionally, Microsoft has announced new Azure VMs powered by Nvidia H100 and AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs.

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