Microsoft unveils Maia 300, its most powerful AI chip yet - and it might make using Teams, Copilot and Cowork much better at last

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Microsoft reveals Maia 300, its latest AI chip

Designed for "inference-first", Maia 300 offers huge improvements in efficiency and power

Maia 300 will begin deploying in 2027

Microsoft has revealed Maia 300, the next generation of its Azure hardware as it prepares to scale up its in-house AI infrastructure to multi-gigawatt deployments.

The company says Maia 300, set to begin deployment in 2027, will deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt than other leading GPU-based system - designed…