Microsoft to Make Maia AI Chips Its Main Inference Engine by 2027

Microsoft will shift its AI inference workloads to its in-house Maia chips starting in 2027, deploying them at multi-gigawatt scale. The Maia 300 is expected to deliver 40 percent more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems, a move CEO Satya Nadella calls the company's biggest bet yet on its own silicon.