Microsoft announces Maia 300 AI chip, aiming to rely less on Nvidia and AMD GPUs

Microsoft announces its third-generation Maia 300 in-house AI chip, designed as the primary inference system for its products and services. Scott Guthrie says it delivers 40 percent more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems, with rollout to production starting in 2027. The chip uses a chiplet architecture built on TSMC's N2P process node.