Microsoft scales Maia silicon to multi-gigawatt inference and unveils Maia 300

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Microsoft says it will scale its Maia chip family to multi-gigawatt deployments starting next calendar year, making it the primary inference system for its products and services.

The company is introducing Maia 300, which it says delivers 40% more tokens per watt than leading GPU-based systems. Maia 200 is already deployed in the US, Europe, and Australia, delivering up to 1.7x more tokens per watt across Teams and Copilot experiences.

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Satya Nadella

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Today we are announcing our biggest bet yet on our own silicon.

Starting next calendar year, we will scale our Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments, making it the primary inference system for our own product and services.

And we’re introducing Maia 300, which delivers 40% more tokens per watt compared to leading GPU-based systems.

We are already deploying Maia 200 across the US, Europe, and Australia, delivering up to 1.7x more tokens per watt across experiences in Teams and Copilot.

Our goal is to build on the full-stack efficiency gains we’ve already seen, while continuing to bring the latest innovations from across the ecosystem into our fleet.

Source: Satya Nadella · x.comPublished Oct 12, 9:03 AM ET

Microsoft scales Maia silicon to multi-gigawatt inference and unveils Maia 300

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