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Azure Maia 300

Microsoft unveils Maia 300 and open datacenter specs for AI inference
Chips and infrastructureOctober 14, 2026, 01:08

Microsoft unveils Maia 300 and open datacenter specs for AI inference

Microsoft has introduced Azure Maia 300, its next-generation AI accelerator, and says it expects 40% more tokens per watt than leading GPU-based systems. The…

Chips and infrastructure
Chips and infrastructureOctober 14, 2026, 00:08

Microsoft details Maia 300: 96 accelerators per rack and a 12,288-chip superpod

Microsoft has published an architecture deep dive on Maia 300, the third generation of its Azure inference accelerator, built to maximize useful tokens per watt and per…

Microsoft to scale Azure Maia to multi-gigawatt deployments from 2027Top story
Chips and infrastructureOctober 12, 2026, 15:01

Microsoft to scale Azure Maia to multi-gigawatt deployments from 2027

Microsoft plans to scale its Azure Maia chip family to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making Maia the primary inference system for its products and…